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Job 8
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
Job 8
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
8 The Baldad the Suhite answered, and said:
2 How long wilt thou speak these things, and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?
3 Doth God pervert judgment, or doth the Almighty overthrow that which is just?
4 Although thy children have sinned against him, and he hath left them in the hand of their iniquity:
5 Yet if thou wilt arise early to God, and wilt beseech the Almighty:
6 If thou wilt walk clean and upright, he will presently awake onto thee, and will make the dwelling of thy justice peaceable:
7 Insomuch, that if thy former things were small, thy latter things would be multiplied exceedingly.
8 For inquire of the former generation, and search diligently into the memory of the fathers:
9 (For we are but of yesterday, and are ignorant that our days upon earth are but a shadow:)
10 And they shall teach thee: they shall speak to thee, and utter words out of their hearts.
11 Can the rush be green without moisture? or a sedge-bush grow without water?
12 When it is yet in flower, and is not plucked up with the hand, it withereth before all herbs.
13 Even so are the ways of all that forget God, and the hope of the hypocrite shall perish:
14 His folly shall not please him, and his trust shall be like the spider's web.
15 He shall lean upon his house, and it shall not stand: he shall prop it up, and it shall not rise:
16 He seemeth to have moisture before the sun cometh, and at his rising his blossom shall shoot forth.
17 His roots shall be thick upon a heap of stones, and among the stones he shall abide.
18 If one swallow him up out of his place, he shall deny him, and shall say: I know thee not.
19 For this is the joy of his way, that others may spring again out of the earth.
20 God will not cast away the simple, nor reach out his hand to the evildoer:
21 Until thy mouth be filled with laughter, and thy lips with rejoicing.
22 They that hate thee, shall be clothed with confusion: and the dwelling of the wicked shall not stand.
Job 8
Nueva Traducción Viviente
Job 8
Nueva Traducción Viviente
Primera respuesta de Bildad a Job
8 Entonces Bildad, el suhita, respondió a Job:
2 «¿Hasta cuándo seguirás hablando así?
Suenas como un viento rugiente.
3 ¿Acaso Dios tuerce la justicia?
¿Tuerce el Todopoderoso lo que es recto?
4 Seguramente tus hijos pecaron contra él,
y por eso el castigo estaba bien merecido;
5 pero si oras a Dios
y buscas el favor del Todopoderoso,
6 si eres puro y vives con integridad,
sin duda que él se levantará y devolverá la felicidad a tu hogar.
7 Aunque comenzaste con poco,
terminarás con mucho.
8 »Tan solo pregunta a la generación anterior;
presta atención a la experiencia de nuestros antepasados,
9 porque nacimos apenas ayer y no sabemos nada;
nuestros días sobre la tierra son tan fugaces como una sombra.
10 Sin embargo, los que vivieron antes que nosotros te enseñarán;
te enseñarán la sabiduría de antaño.
11 »¿Pueden crecer altas las cañas del papiro donde no hay pantanos?
¿Pueden crecer en abundancia las hierbas de pantano donde no hay agua?
12 Cuando están floreciendo y aún no están listas para ser cortadas,
empiezan a marchitarse más rápido que la hierba.
13 Lo mismo les ocurre a todos los que se olvidan de Dios;
las esperanzas de los que viven sin Dios se evaporan.
14 Su confianza pende de un hilo;
se apoyan en una tela de araña.
15 Se aferran a su hogar para sentirse seguros, pero esa seguridad no durará;
intentan retenerla con firmeza, pero no permanecerá.
16 Los que no tienen a Dios parecen una planta frondosa que crece al sol,
y que extiende sus ramas por el jardín;
17 sus raíces penetran entre las piedras
y se sujetan a las rocas;
18 pero cuando se la arranca de raíz,
¡es como si nunca hubiera existido!
19 Así termina su vida,
y del suelo brotan otras plantas para reemplazarla.
20 »Sin embargo, mira, Dios no rechazará a una persona íntegra,
tampoco dará una mano a los malvados.
21 Él volverá a llenar tu boca de risas
y tus labios con gritos de alegría.
22 Los que te odian se vestirán de vergüenza,
y el hogar de los malvados será destruido».
Job 8
New King James Version
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.”
Job 8
New International Version
Job 8
New International Version
Bildad
8 Then Bildad the Shuhite(A) replied:
2 “How long will you say such things?(B)
Your words are a blustering wind.(C)
3 Does God pervert justice?(D)
Does the Almighty pervert what is right?(E)
4 When your children sinned against him,
he gave them over to the penalty of their sin.(F)
5 But if you will seek God earnestly
and plead(G) with the Almighty,(H)
6 if you are pure and upright,
even now he will rouse himself on your behalf(I)
and restore you to your prosperous state.(J)
7 Your beginnings will seem humble,
so prosperous(K) will your future be.(L)
8 “Ask the former generation(M)
and find out what their ancestors learned,
9 for we were born only yesterday and know nothing,(N)
and our days on earth are but a shadow.(O)
10 Will they not instruct(P) you and tell you?
Will they not bring forth words from their understanding?(Q)
11 Can papyrus grow tall where there is no marsh?(R)
Can reeds(S) thrive without water?
12 While still growing and uncut,
they wither more quickly than grass.(T)
13 Such is the destiny(U) of all who forget God;(V)
so perishes the hope of the godless.(W)
14 What they trust in is fragile[a];
what they rely on is a spider’s web.(X)
15 They lean on the web,(Y) but it gives way;
they cling to it, but it does not hold.(Z)
16 They are like a well-watered plant in the sunshine,
spreading its shoots(AA) over the garden;(AB)
17 it entwines its roots around a pile of rocks
and looks for a place among the stones.
18 But when it is torn from its spot,
that place disowns(AC) it and says, ‘I never saw you.’(AD)
19 Surely its life withers(AE) away,
and[b] from the soil other plants grow.(AF)
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