Job 8
Reina-Valera Antigua
8 Y RESPONDIO Bildad Suhita, y dijo:
2 ¿Hasta cuándo hablarás tales cosas, Y las palabras de tu boca serán como un viento fuerte?
3 ¿Acaso pervertirá Dios el derecho, O el Todopoderoso pervertirá la justicia?
4 Si tus hijos pecaron contra él, El los echó en el lugar de su pecado.
5 Si tú de mañana buscares á Dios, Y rogares al Todopoderoso;
6 Si fueres limpio y derecho, Cierto luego se despertará sobre ti, Y hará próspera la morada de tu justicia.
7 Y tu principio habrá sido pequeño, Y tu postrimería acrecerá en gran manera.
8 Porque pregunta ahora á la edad pasada, Y disponte para inquirir de sus padres de ellos;
9 Pues nosotros somos de ayer, y no sabemos, Siendo nuestros días sobre la tierra como sombra.
10 ¿No te enseñarán ellos, te dirán, Y de su corazón sacarán palabras?
11 ¿Crece el junco sin lodo? ¿Crece el prado sin agua?
12 Aun él en su verdor no será cortado, Y antes de toda hierba se secará.
13 Tales son los caminos de todos los que olvidan á Dios: Y la esperanza del impío perecerá:
14 Porque su esperanza será cortada, Y su confianza es casa de araña.
15 Apoyaráse él sobre su casa, mas no permanecerá en pie; Atendráse á ella, mas no se afirmará.
16 A manera de un árbol, está verde delante del sol, Y sus renuevos salen sobre su huerto;
17 Vanse entretejiendo sus raíces junto á una fuente, Y enlazándose hasta un lugar pedregoso.
18 Si le arrancaren de su lugar, Este negarále entonces, diciendo: Nunca te vi.
19 Ciertamente éste será el gozo de su camino; Y de la tierra de donde se traspusiere, nacerán otros.
20 He aquí, Dios no aborrece al perfecto, Ni toma la mano de los malignos.
21 Aun henchirá tu boca de risa, Y tus labios de júbilo.
22 Los que te aborrecen, serán vestidos de confusión; Y la habitación de los impíos perecerá.
Job 8
New Century Version
Bildad Speaks to Job
8 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered:
2 “How long will you say such things?
Your words are no more than wind.
3 God does not twist justice;
the Almighty does not make wrong what is right.
4 Your children sinned against God,
and he punished them for their sins.
5 But you should ask God for help
and pray to the Almighty for mercy.
6 If you are good and honest,
he will stand up for you
and bring you back where you belong.
7 Where you began will seem unimportant,
because your future will be so successful.
8 “Ask old people;
find out what their ancestors learned,
9 because we were only born yesterday and know nothing.
Our days on earth are only a shadow.
10 Those people will teach you and tell you
and speak about what they know.
11 Papyrus plants cannot grow where there is no swamp,
and reeds cannot grow tall without water.
12 While they are still growing and not yet cut,
they will dry up quicker than grass.
13 That is what will happen to those who forget God;
the hope of the wicked will be gone.
14 What they hope in is easily broken;
what they trust is like a spider’s web.
15 They lean on the spider’s web, but it breaks.
They grab it, but it does not hold up.
16 They are like well-watered plants in the sunshine
that spread their roots all through the garden.
17 They wrap their roots around a pile of rocks
and look for a place among the stones.
18 But if a plant is torn from its place,
then that place rejects it and says, ‘I never saw you.’
19 Now joy has gone away;
other plants grow up from the same dirt.
20 “Surely God does not reject the innocent
or give strength to those who do evil.
21 God will yet fill your mouth with laughter
and your lips with shouts of joy.
22 Your enemies will be covered with shame,
and the tents of the wicked will be gone.”
Job 8
New King James Version
Bildad: Job Should Repent
8 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:
2 “How long will you speak these things,
And the words of your mouth be like a strong wind?
3 (A)Does God subvert judgment?
Or does the Almighty pervert justice?
4 If (B)your sons have sinned against Him,
He has cast them away [a]for their transgression.
5 (C)If you would earnestly seek God
And make your supplication to the Almighty,
6 If you were pure and upright,
Surely now He would [b]awake for you,
And prosper your rightful dwelling place.
7 Though your beginning was small,
Yet your latter end would (D)increase abundantly.
8 “For(E) inquire, please, of the former age,
And consider the things discovered by their fathers;
9 For (F)we were born yesterday, and know [c]nothing,
Because our days on earth are a shadow.
10 Will they not teach you and tell you,
And utter words from their heart?
11 “Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh?
Can the reeds flourish without water?
12 (G)While it is yet green and not cut down,
It withers before any other plant.
13 So are the paths of all who (H)forget God;
And the hope of the (I)hypocrite shall perish,
14 Whose confidence shall be cut off,
And whose trust is [d]a spider’s web.
15 (J)He leans on his house, but it does not stand.
He holds it fast, but it does not endure.
16 He grows green in the sun,
And his branches spread out in his garden.
17 His roots wrap around the rock heap,
And look for a place in the stones.
18 (K)If he is destroyed from his place,
Then it will deny him, saying, ‘I have not seen you.’
19 “Behold, this is the joy of His way,
And (L)out of the earth others will grow.
20 Behold, (M)God will not [e]cast away the blameless,
Nor will He uphold the evildoers.
21 He will yet fill your mouth with laughing,
And your lips with [f]rejoicing.
22 Those who hate you will be (N)clothed with shame,
And the dwelling place of the wicked [g]will come to nothing.”
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