Job 5
La Palabra (España)
5 Anda, grita, a ver quién te responde,
¿a qué santo vas ahora a recurrir?
2 Al necio lo mata el despecho,
y al simple lo remata la envidia.
3 He visto a un necio echar raíces
y de pronto hundirse su morada,
4 a sus hijos metidos en problemas,
acosados en un juicio, sin defensa.
5 El hambriento devorará su cosecha
—Dios se la quitará de entre los dientes—
y el sediento beberá sus bienes.
6 Pues la desgracia no germina del polvo,
ni brota de la tierra el sufrimiento;
7 nace para el dolor el ser humano
como las chispas que se alzan volando.
8 Yo que tú apelaría a Dios,
confiaría a Dios mi causa.
9 Él hace prodigios misteriosos,
realiza maravillas sin cuento:
10 derrama lluvia sobre la tierra,
envía el agua a los campos;
11 pone a los humildes en lo alto,
en lugar seguro a los afligidos;
12 frustra los planes del astuto,
hace que fracasen sus intrigas;
13 enreda en su astucia a los sabios,
arruina los planes tortuosos;
14 en pleno día se topan con tinieblas,
van a tientas lo mismo que de noche.
15 Pero salva al pobre de lenguas afiladas,
lo libra de manos opresoras;
16 así el indigente vive con esperanza,
pues la maldad cierra su boca.
17 ¡Dichoso aquel a quien Dios corrige!
No rechaces la lección del Todopoderoso,
18 porque hiere, pero pone la venda,
golpea, pero él mismo cura.
19 Seis veces te salva de apuros
y a la séptima te evita los males;
20 no te dejará morir en plena carestía,
en plena refriega te librará de la espada;
21 te pondrá a salvo del azote de la lengua,
sin miedo a que se cierna el desastre.
22 Te reirás de carestías y desastres,
no tendrás miedo a las fieras salvajes;
23 pactarás con los espíritus del campo,
tendrás paz con las bestias salvajes;
24 disfrutarás de la paz de tu tienda,
verás prosperar tus propiedades;
25 conocerás una numerosa progenie,
nutrida como la hierba del campo;
26 bajarás a la tumba ya maduro,
como manojo de trigo en sazón.
27 Hemos comprobado que todo esto es cierto;
haz caso y aprende la lección.
Job 5
English Standard Version
5 “Call now; is there anyone who will answer you?
To which of (A)the holy ones will you turn?
2 Surely vexation kills the fool,
and jealousy slays the simple.
3 (B)I have seen the fool taking root,
but suddenly I cursed his dwelling.
4 His children are (C)far from safety;
they are crushed in (D)the gate,
and there is no one to deliver them.
5 The hungry eat his harvest,
and he takes it even out of thorns,[a]
and the thirsty pant[b] after his[c] wealth.
6 For affliction does not come from the dust,
nor does trouble sprout from the ground,
7 but man is (E)born to trouble
as the sparks fly upward.
8 “As for me, I would seek God,
and to God would I commit my cause,
9 who (F)does great things and (G)unsearchable,
(H)marvelous things without number:
10 he gives (I)rain on the earth
and sends waters on the fields;
11 he (J)sets on high those who are lowly,
and those who mourn are lifted to safety.
12 He (K)frustrates the devices of the crafty,
so that their hands achieve no success.
13 He (L)catches the wise in their own craftiness,
and the schemes of the wily are brought to a quick end.
14 They meet with darkness in the daytime
and (M)grope at noonday as in the night.
15 But he (N)saves the needy from the sword of their mouth
and from the hand of the mighty.
16 So the poor have hope,
and (O)injustice shuts her mouth.
17 “Behold, (P)blessed is the one whom God reproves;
therefore (Q)despise not the discipline of the (R)Almighty.
18 For he wounds, but he (S)binds up;
he (T)shatters, but his hands heal.
19 He will (U)deliver you from six troubles;
in seven no (V)evil[d] shall touch you.
20 (W)In famine he will redeem you from death,
and in war from the power of the sword.
21 You shall be (X)hidden from the lash of the tongue,
and shall not fear destruction when it comes.
22 At destruction and famine you shall laugh,
and shall not fear (Y)the beasts of the earth.
23 For you shall be in league with the stones of the field,
and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with you.
24 You shall know that your (Z)tent is at peace,
and you shall inspect your fold and miss nothing.
25 You shall know also that your (AA)offspring shall be many,
and your descendants as (AB)the grass of the earth.
26 You shall come to your grave in (AC)ripe old age,
like a sheaf gathered up in its season.
27 Behold, this we have (AD)searched out; it is true.
Hear, and know it for your good.”[e]
La Palabra, (versión española) © 2010 Texto y Edición, Sociedad Bíblica de España
The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. ESV Text Edition: 2025.
