Job 4
Nueva Biblia de las Américas
Reproches de Elifaz
4 Entonces respondió Elifaz, el temanita:
2 «Si alguien tratara de hablarte, ¿te pondrías impaciente?
Pero ¿quién puede abstenerse de hablar[a](A)?
3 -»Tú has exhortado a muchos,
Y las manos débiles has fortalecido(B).
4 -»Al que tropezaba, tus palabras lo levantaban[b],
Y las rodillas débiles[c] fortalecías.
5 -»Pero ahora que te ha llegado a ti, te impacientas(C);
Te toca a ti, y te desalientas(D).
6 -»¿No es tu temor[d] a Dios(E) tu confianza(F),
Y la integridad de tus caminos tu esperanza?
7 ¶»Recuerda ahora, ¿quién siendo inocente ha perecido jamás?
¿O dónde han sido destruidos los rectos(G)?
8 -»Por lo que yo he visto, los que aran iniquidad
Y los que siembran aflicción, eso siegan(H).
9 -»Por el aliento de Dios perecen(I),
Y por la explosión[e] de Su ira son consumidos(J).
10 -»El rugido del león, el bramido de la fiera[f]
Y los dientes de los leoncillos son quebrantados(K).
11 -»El león perece por falta de presa(L),
Y los cachorros de la leona se dispersan(M).
12 ¶»Una palabra me fue traída secretamente(N),
Y mi oído percibió un susurro(O) de ella.
13 -»Entre pensamientos inquietantes de visiones nocturnas,
Cuando el sueño profundo cae sobre los hombres(P),
14 Me sobrevino un espanto, un temblor
Que hizo estremecer todos[g] mis huesos.
15 -»Entonces un espíritu pasó cerca de[h] mi rostro,
Y el pelo de mi piel[i] se erizó.
16 -»Algo se detuvo, pero no pude reconocer su aspecto;
Una figura estaba delante de mis ojos,
Hubo silencio, después oí una voz:
17 “¿Es el mortal justo delante de Dios(Q)?
¿Es el hombre puro delante de su Hacedor(R)?
18 -”Dios no confía ni aún en Sus mismos siervos;
Y a Sus ángeles atribuye errores(S).
19 -”¡Cuánto más a los que habitan en casas de barro(T),
Cuyos cimientos están en el polvo(U),
Que son aplastados como[j] la polilla!
20 -”Entre la mañana y la tarde son hechos pedazos(V);
Sin que nadie se dé cuenta, perecen para siempre(W).
21 -”¿No les es arrancada la cuerda de su tienda(X)?
Mueren, pero sin sabiduría(Y)”.
Job 4
Amplified Bible
Eliphaz: Innocent Do Not Suffer
4 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
2
“If we dare to converse with you, will you be impatient [or offended]?
But who can restrain himself from speaking?
3
“Behold, you have admonished and instructed many,
And you have strengthened weak hands.
4
“Your words have helped the one who was stumbling to stand,
And you have strengthened feeble knees.
5
“But now [a]adversity comes upon you, and you are impatient and intolerant;
It touches you, and you are horrified.
6
“Is not your fear of God your confidence,
And [is not] the integrity and uprightness of your ways your hope?
7
“Remember now, who, being innocent, ever perished?
Or where [and in what circumstances] were those upright and in right standing with God destroyed?
8
“As I have seen, those who plow wickedness
And those who sow trouble and harm harvest it.
9
“By the breath of God they perish,
And by the blast of His anger they are consumed.
10
“The roaring of the lion and the voice of the fierce lion,
And the teeth of the young lions are broken.
11
“The lion perishes for lack of prey,
And the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
12
“Now a word was secretly brought to me,
And my ear received a whisper of it.
13
“Amid disquieting thoughts from the visions of the night,
When deep sleep falls on men,
14
Dread and trembling came upon me,
Which made all my bones shake.
15
“Then a spirit passed before my face;
The hair on my skin stood on end!
16
“The spirit stood still, but I could not discern its appearance;
A form was before my eyes;
There was silence, and then I heard a voice, saying:
17
‘Can [mortal] man be just before God or be more righteous than He?
Can a man be pure before his Maker or be more cleansed than He?(A)
18
‘God puts no trust or confidence, even in His [heavenly] servants,
And He charges His angels with error.
19
‘How much more [will He blame and charge] those who dwell in houses (bodies) of clay,
Whose foundations are in the dust,
Who are crushed like a moth.
20
‘Between morning and evening they are broken in pieces and destroyed;
Unobserved and unnoticed, they perish forever.
21
‘Is not their tent-cord drawn up within them [so that the tent collapses]?
Do they not die, and yet without [acquiring] wisdom?’
Footnotes
- Job 4:5 Lit it.
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