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Job 4
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Eliphaz Speaks

4 Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:

2 Should anyone try to speak with you
when you are exhausted?
Yet who can keep from speaking?
3 Indeed, you have instructed many
and have strengthened(A) weak hands.
4 Your words have steadied the one who was stumbling
and braced the knees that were buckling.(B)
5 But now that this has happened to you,
you have become exhausted.
It strikes(C) you, and you are dismayed.
6 Isn’t your piety your confidence,
and the integrity of your life[a] your hope?(D)
7 Consider: Who has perished when he was innocent?
Where have the honest[b] been destroyed?(E)
8 In my experience, those who plow injustice
and those who sow trouble(F) reap the same.(G)
9 They perish at a single blast(H) from God
and come to an end by the breath of his nostrils.(I)
10 The lion may roar and the fierce lion(J) growl,
but the teeth of young lions are broken.(K)
11 The strong lion dies if it catches no prey,
and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.(L)

12 A word was brought to me in secret;
my ears caught a whisper of it.(M)
13 Among unsettling thoughts from visions in the night,(N)
when deep sleep(O) comes over men,
14 fear and trembling came over me(P)
and made all my bones shake.
15 I felt a draft[c] on my face,
and the hair on my body stood up.
16 A figure stood there,
but I could not recognize its appearance;
a form loomed before my eyes.
I heard a whispering voice:
17 “Can a mortal be righteous before God?
Can a man be more pure than his Maker?” (Q)
18 If God puts no trust in his servants
and he charges his angels with foolishness,[d](R)
19 how much more those who dwell in clay houses,(S)
whose foundation is in the dust,
who are crushed like a moth!
20 They are smashed to pieces from dawn to dusk;
they perish forever while no one notices.(T)
21 Are their tent cords not pulled up?
They die without wisdom.(U)

Footnotes

  1. 4:6 Lit ways
  2. 4:7 Or the upright, or those with integrity
  3. 4:15 Or a spirit
  4. 4:18 Or error; Hb obscure
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Job 4
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Reproches de Elifaz

4 Entonces respondió Elifaz temanita, y dijo:

2 Si alguien osara hablarte, ¿te pondrías impaciente?
Pero ¿quién puede abstenerse de hablar[a](A)?
3 He aquí, tú has exhortado a muchos,
y las manos débiles has fortalecido(B).
4 Al que tropezaba tus palabras han levantado[b],
y las rodillas débiles[c] has robustecido.
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 furtivamente(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 propios 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, mas sin sabiduría(Y)».

Footnotes

  1. Job 4:2 Lit., en palabras
  2. Job 4:4 Lit., han hecho que se levante
  3. Job 4:4 Lit., que se doblaban
  4. Job 4:6 O, reverencia
  5. Job 4:9 Lit., el viento
  6. Job 4:10 Lit., león
  7. Job 4:14 Lit., la multitud de
  8. Job 4:15 O, aliento pasó sobre
  9. Job 4:15 Lit., carne
  10. Job 4:19 Lit., delante de
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Job 4
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Eliphaz

4 Then Eliphaz the Temanite(A) replied:

2 “If someone ventures a word with you, will you be impatient?
    But who can keep from speaking?(B)
3 Think how you have instructed many,(C)
    how you have strengthened feeble hands.(D)
4 Your words have supported those who stumbled;(E)
    you have strengthened faltering knees.(F)
5 But now trouble comes to you, and you are discouraged;(G)
    it strikes(H) you, and you are dismayed.(I)
6 Should not your piety be your confidence(J)
    and your blameless(K) ways your hope?

7 “Consider now: Who, being innocent, has ever perished?(L)
    Where were the upright ever destroyed?(M)
8 As I have observed,(N) those who plow evil(O)
    and those who sow trouble reap it.(P)
9 At the breath of God(Q) they perish;
    at the blast of his anger they are no more.(R)
10 The lions may roar(S) and growl,
    yet the teeth of the great lions(T) are broken.(U)
11 The lion perishes for lack of prey,(V)
    and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.(W)

12 “A word(X) was secretly brought to me,
    my ears caught a whisper(Y) of it.(Z)
13 Amid disquieting dreams in the night,
    when deep sleep falls on people,(AA)
14 fear and trembling(AB) seized me
    and made all my bones shake.(AC)
15 A spirit glided past my face,
    and the hair on my body stood on end.(AD)
16 It stopped,
    but I could not tell what it was.
A form stood before my eyes,
    and I heard a hushed voice:(AE)
17 ‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God?(AF)
    Can even a strong man be more pure than his Maker?(AG)
18 If God places no trust in his servants,(AH)
    if he charges his angels with error,(AI)
19 how much more those who live in houses of clay,(AJ)
    whose foundations(AK) are in the dust,(AL)
    who are crushed(AM) more readily than a moth!(AN)
20 Between dawn and dusk they are broken to pieces;
    unnoticed, they perish forever.(AO)
21 Are not the cords of their tent pulled up,(AP)
    so that they die(AQ) without wisdom?’(AR)

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