Job 8
Biblia del Jubileo
8 Y respondió Bildad suhita, y dijo:
2 ¿Hasta cuándo hablarás tales cosas, y las palabras de tu boca serán como un viento fuerte?
3 ¿Por ventura pervertirá Dios el derecho, o el Todopoderoso pervertirá la justicia?
4 Porque tus hijos pecaron contra él, él los echó en el lugar de su rebelión.
5 Si tú de mañana buscares a 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 De tal manera que tu principio habrá sido pequeño, en comparación del grande crecimiento de tu postrimería.
8 Porque pregunta ahora a la edad pasada, y disponte para inquirir de sus padres de ellas;
9 porque nosotros somos desde ayer, y no sabemos, siendo nuestros días sobre la tierra como sombra.
10 ¿Por ventura ellos no te enseñarán, te dirán, y de su corazón sacarán estas palabras?
11 ¿Crece el junco sin lodo? ¿Crece el prado sin agua?
12 Aun él en su verdor sin haber sido cortado, y antes de toda hierba se seca.
13 Tales son los caminos de todos los que olvidan a Dios; y la esperanza del hipócrita perecerá.
14 Porque su esperanza será cortada, y su confianza es casa de araña.
15 El se apoyará sobre su casa, pero no permanecerá en pie; se asirá a ella, más no se afirmará.
16 A manera de un árbol, está verde delante del sol, y sus renuevos salen sobre su huerto;
17 se van entretejiendo sus raíces junto a una fuente, y enlazándose hasta un lugar pedregoso.
18 Si le arrancaren de su lugar, éste le negará entonces, diciendo: Nunca te vi.
19 Ciertamente éste será el gozo de su camino; y de la tierra de donde se traspusiere, retoñarán otros.
20 He aquí, Dios no aborrece al perfecto, ni toma la mano de los malignos.
21 Aun llenará tu boca de risa, y tus labios de gritos de alegría.
22 Los que te aborrecen, serán vestidos de confusión; y la habitación de los impíos perecerá.
Job 8
1599 Geneva Bible
8 1 Bildad showeth that Job is a sinner, because that God punisheth the wicked, and preserveth the good.
1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
2 How long wilt thou talk of these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth [a]be as a mighty wind?
3 Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty subvert justice?
4 If thy sons have sinned against him, and he hath sent them into the place of their [b]iniquity,
5 Yet if thou [c]wilt early seek unto God, and pray to the Almighty,
6 If thou be pure and upright, then surely he will awake up unto thee, and he will make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
7 And though thy beginning [d]be small, yet thy latter end shall greatly increase.
8 [e]Inquire therefore, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to search of their fathers.
9 (For we are but [f]of yesterday, and are ignorant: for our days upon earth are but a shadow)
10 Shall not they teach thee and tell thee, and utter the words of their heart?
11 Can a rush [g]grow without mire? or can the grass grow without water?
12 Though it were in green and not cut down, yet shall it wither before any other herb.
13 So are the paths of all that forget God, and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish.
14 His confidence also shall be cut off, and his trust shall be as the house of a [h]spider.
15 He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold him fast by it, yet shall it not endure.
16 The [i]tree is green before the Sun, and the branches spread over the garden thereof.
17 The roots thereof are wrapped about the fountain, and are folded about the house of stones.
18 If any pluck it from his place, and it [j]deny, saying, I have not seen thee,
19 Behold, it will rejoice [k]by this means, that it may grow in another mold.
20 Behold, God will not cast away an upright man, neither will he take the wicked by the hand,
21 Till he have filled thy mouth with [l]laughter, and thy lips with joy.
22 They that hate thee, shall be clothed with shame, and the dwelling of the wicked shall not remain.
Footnotes
- Job 8:2 He declareth that their words which would diminish anything from the justice of God, is but as a puff of wind that vanisheth away.
- Job 8:4 That is, hath rewarded them according to their iniquity: meaning, that Job ought to be warned by the example of his children, that he offend not God.
- Job 8:5 That is, if thou turn betime while God calleth thee to repentance.
- Job 8:7 Though the beginnings be not so pleasant as thou wouldest desire, yet in the end thou shalt have sufficient occasion to content thyself.
- Job 8:8 He willeth Job to examine all antiquity, and he shall find it true which he here saith.
- Job 8:9 Meaning, that it is not enough to have the experience of ourselves, but to be confirmed by the examples of them that went before us.
- Job 8:11 As a rush cannot grow without moistness, so cannot the hypocrite, because he hath not faith, which is moistened with God’s Spirit.
- Job 8:14 Which is today, and tomorrow swept away.
- Job 8:16 He compareth the just to a tree, which although it be removed out of one place unto another, yet flourisheth: so the affliction of the godly turneth to their profit.
- Job 8:18 That is, so that there remain nothing there to prove whether the tree had grown there or no.
- Job 8:19 To be planted in another place, where it may grow at pleasure.
- Job 8:21 If thou be godly, he will give thee occasion to rejoice, and if not, thine affliction shall increase.
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