Job 34 Bible in Basic English
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RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
2 Give ear, you wise, to my words; and you who have knowledge, give attention to me;
2 Oid, sabios, mis palabras; y vosotros, doctos, estadme atentos.
2 “Hear my words, you wise men. Give ear to me, you who have knowledge.
3 For words are tested by the ear, as food is tasted by the mouth.
3 Porque el oído prueba las palabras, como el paladar gusta para comer.
3 For the ear tries words, as the palate tastes food.
4 Let us make the decision for ourselves as to what is right; let us have the knowledge among ourselves of what is good.
4 Escojamos para nosotros el juicio, conozcamos entre nosotros cuál [sea] lo bueno:
4 Let us choose for us that which is right. Let us know among ourselves what is good.
5 For Job has said, I am upright, and it is God who has taken away my right;
5 Porque Job ha dicho: Yo soy justo, y Dios me ha quitado mi derecho.
5 For Job has said, ‘I am righteous, God has taken away my right.
6 Though I am right, still I am in pain; my wound may not be made well, though I have done no wrong.
6 ¿He de mentir yo contra mi razón? Mi saeta es gravosa sin [haber yo] prevaricado.
6 Notwithstanding my right I am considered a liar. My wound is incurable, though I am without disobedience.’
7 What man is like Job, a man who freely makes sport of God,
7 ¿Qué hombre hay como Job, que bebe el escarnio como agua?
7 What man is like Job, who drinks scorn like water,
8 And goes in the company of evil-doers, walking in the way of sinners?
8 Y va en compañía con los que obran iniquidad, y anda con los hombres maliciosos.
8 who goes in company with the workers of iniquity, and walks with wicked men?
9 For he has said, It is no profit to a man to take delight in God.
9 Porque ha dicho: De nada servirá al hombre el conformar su voluntad con Dios.
9 For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.’
10 Now then, you wise, take note; you men of knowledge, give ear to me. Let it be far from God to do evil, and from the Ruler of all to do wrong.
10 Por tanto, varones de seso, oidme: Lejos esté de Dios la impiedad, y del Omnipotente la iniquidad.
10 “Therefore listen to me, you men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness, from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.
11 For he gives to every man the reward of his work, and sees that he gets the fruit of his ways.
11 Porque él pagará al hombre según su obra, y él le hará hallar conforme á su camino.
11 For the work of a man he will give to him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.
12 Truly, God does not do evil, and the Ruler of all is not a false judge.
12 Sí, por cierto, Dios no hará injusticia, y el Omnipotente no pervertirá el derecho.
12 Yes surely, God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert justice.
13 Who put the earth into his care, or made him responsible for the world?
13 ¿Quién visitó por él la tierra? ¿y quién puso en orden todo el mundo?
13 Who put him in charge of the earth? Or who has appointed him over the whole world?
14 If he made his spirit come back to him, taking his breath into himself again,
14 Si él pusiese sobre el [hombre] su corazón, y recogiese así su espíritu y su aliento,
14 If he set his heart on himself, if he gathered to himself his spirit and his breath,
15 All flesh would come to an end together, and man would go back to the dust.
15 Toda carne perecería juntamente, y el hombre se tornaría en polvo.
15 all flesh would perish together, and man would turn again to dust.
16 If you are wise, take note of this; give ear to the voice of my words.
16 Si pues [hay en ti] entendimiento, oye esto: escucha la voz de mis palabras.
16 “If now you have understanding, hear this. Listen to the voice of my words.
17 How may a hater of right be a ruler? and will you say that the upright Ruler of all is evil?
17 ¿Enseñorearáse el que aborrece juicio? ¿y condenarás tú al que es tan justo?
17 Should even one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn him who is righteous and mighty,
18 He who says to a king, You are an evil-doer; and to rulers, You are sinners;
18 ¿Hase de decir al rey: Perverso; y á los príncipes: Impíos?
18 who says to a king, ‘Vile!’ or to nobles, ‘Wicked!’?
19 Who has no respect for rulers, and who gives no more attention to those who have wealth than to the poor, for they are all the work of his hands.
19 ¿[Cuánto menos á] aquel que no hace acepción de personas de príncipes, ni el rico es de él más respetado que el pobre? porque todos son obras de sus manos.
19 He doesn’t respect the persons of princes, nor respect the rich more than the poor, for they all are the work of his hands.
20 Suddenly they come to an end, even in the middle of the night: the blow comes on the men of wealth, and they are gone, and the strong are taken away without the hand of man.
20 En un momento morirán, y á media noche se alborotarán los pueblos, y pasarán, y sin mano será quitado el poderoso.
20 In a moment they die, even at midnight. The people are shaken and pass away. The mighty are taken away without a hand.
21 For his eyes are on the ways of a man, and he sees all his steps.
21 Porque sus ojos están sobre los caminos del hombre, y ve todos sus pasos.
21 “For his eyes are on the ways of a man. He sees all his goings.
22 There is no dark place, and no thick cloud, in which the workers of evil may take cover.
22 No hay tinieblas ni sombra de muerte donde se encubran los que obran maldad.
22 There is no darkness, nor thick gloom, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
23 For he does not give man a fixed time to come before him to be judged.
23 No carga pues él al hombre más [de lo justo], para que vaya con Dios á juicio.
23 For he doesn’t need to consider a man further, that he should go before God in judgment.
24 He sends the strong to destruction without searching out their cause, and puts others in their place.
24 El quebrantará á los fuertes sin pesquisa, y hará estar otros en su lugar.
24 He breaks mighty men in pieces in ways past finding out, and sets others in their place.
25 For he has knowledge of their works, overturning them in the night, so that they are crushed.
25 Por tanto él hará notorias las obras de ellos, cuando los trastornará en la noche, y serán quebrantados.
25 Therefore he takes knowledge of their works. He overturns them in the night, so that they are destroyed.
26 The evil-doers are broken by his wrath, he puts his hand on them with force before the eyes of all onlookers.
26 Como á malos los herirá en lugar donde sean vistos:
26 He strikes them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
27 Because they did not go after him, and took no note of his ways,
27 Por cuanto así se apartaron de él, y no consideraron todos sus caminos;
27 because they turned away from following him, and wouldn’t pay attention to any of his ways,
28 So that the cry of the poor might come up to him, and the prayer of those in need come to his ears.
28 Haciendo venir delante de él el clamor del pobre, y que oiga el clamor de los necesitados.
28 so that they caused the cry of the poor to come to him. He heard the cry of the afflicted.
29 ...
29 Y si él diere reposo, ¿quién inquietará? si escondiere el rostro, ¿quién lo mirará? [Esto] sobre una nación, y lo mismo sobre un hombre;
29 When he gives quietness, who then can condemn? When he hides his face, who then can see him? He is over a nation or a man alike,
30 ...
30 Haciendo que no reine el hombre hipócrita para vejaciones del pueblo.
30 that the godless man may not reign, that there be no one to ensnare the people.
31 ...
31 De seguro conviene se diga á Dios: Llevado he ya [castigo], no [más] ofenderé:
31 “For has any said to God, ‘I am guilty, but I will not offend any more.
32 ...
32 Enséñame tú lo que yo no veo: que si hice mal, no lo haré más.
32 Teach me that which I don’t see. If I have done iniquity, I will do it no more’?
33 ...
33 ¿[Ha de ser eso] según tu mente? El te retribuirá, ora rehuses, ora aceptes, y no yo: di si no, lo que tú sabes.
33 Shall his recompense be as you desire, that you refuse it? For you must choose, and not I. Therefore speak what you know.
34 Men of knowledge, and all wise men, hearing me, will say,
34 Los hombres de seso dirán conmigo, y el hombre sabio me oirá:
34 Men of understanding will tell me, yes, every wise man who hears me:
35 Job's words do not come from knowledge; they are not the fruit of wisdom.
35 Que Job no habla con sabiduría, y que sus palabras no son con entendimiento.
35 ‘Job speaks without knowledge. His words are without wisdom.’
36 May Job be tested to the end, because his answers have been like those of evil men.
36 Deseo yo que Job sea probado ampliamente, á causa de sus respuestas por los hombres inicuos.
36 I wish that Job were tried to the end, because of his answering like wicked men.
37 For in addition to his sin, he is uncontrolled in heart; before our eyes he makes sport of God, increasing his words against him.
37 Porque á su pecado añadió impiedad: bate las manos entre nosotros, y contra Dios multiplica sus palabras.
37 For he adds rebellion to his sin. He claps his hands among us, and multiplies his words against God.”
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Elihu
Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, who burned with anger against Job and his three friends and spoke after they fell silent.
Cited in the guide: Job 32:2; Job 32:6; Job 34:1
Cross references (36)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 2 1 Corinthians 14:20; Proverbs 1:5; 1 Corinthians 10:15
- 3 Job 12:11; 1 Corinthians 2:15; Hebrews 5:14; Job 33:2; Job 31:30
- 4 1 Thessalonians 5:21; Galatians 2:11–14; 1 Corinthians 6:2–5; Judges 20:7; Judges 19:30
- 5 Job 27:2; Job 33:9; Job 32:1; Job 16:17; Job 9:17
- 6 Job 6:4; Job 16:13; Job 27:4–6
- 7 Job 15:16; Deuteronomy 29:19; Proverbs 1:22; Proverbs 4:17
- 8 Psalm 1:1; 1 Corinthians 15:33; Proverbs 13:20; Psalm 26:4; Psalm 50:18
- 9 Job 21:14–16; Job 35:3; Malachi 3:14; Job 9:22–23; Psalm 37:4
- 10 Romans 9:14; Deuteronomy 32:4; 2 Chronicles 19:7; Job 8:3; James 1:13
- 11 2 Corinthians 5:10; Romans 2:6; Revelation 22:12; Psalm 62:12; Matthew 16:27
- 12 Job 8:3; Psalm 145:17; Psalm 11:7; Habakkuk 1:12–13
- 13 1 Chronicles 29:11; Isaiah 40:13–14; Romans 11:34–36; Job 36:23; Job 40:8–11
- 14 Psalm 104:29; Job 9:4; Job 7:17; Isaiah 24:22
- 15 Genesis 3:19; Ecclesiastes 12:7; Isaiah 57:16; Psalm 90:3–10; Job 30:23
- 16 Job 13:2–6; Job 12:3
- 17 Genesis 18:25; Romans 9:14; Job 40:8; 2 Samuel 23:3; Romans 3:5–7
- 18 Exodus 22:28; Proverbs 17:26; Romans 13:7; Acts 23:3; Jude 8
- 19 Deuteronomy 10:17; James 2:5; Acts 10:34; Romans 2:11; Colossians 3:25
- 20 Psalm 73:19; Isaiah 30:30–33; 1 Samuel 25:37–39; Luke 12:20; Isaiah 30:13
- 21 Proverbs 15:3; Job 31:4; Proverbs 5:21; Jeremiah 16:17; Jeremiah 32:19
- 22 Hebrews 4:13; Amos 9:2–3; Proverbs 10:29; Psalm 139:11–12; Jeremiah 23:24
- 23 Daniel 9:7–9; Psalm 119:137; Ezra 9:13; Romans 9:20; Job 11:11
- 24 Psalm 113:7–8; Daniel 2:21; Psalm 72:4; Psalm 94:5; Psalm 2:9
- 25 Job 34:20; Hosea 7:2; Psalm 33:15; 1 Thessalonians 5:2; Isaiah 66:18
- 26 Psalm 58:10–11; Deuteronomy 13:9–11; 1 Timothy 5:20; 2 Samuel 12:11–12; Revelation 18:20
- 27 1 Samuel 15:11; Psalm 28:5; Isaiah 5:12; Hebrews 10:39; Luke 17:31–32
- 28 James 5:4; Exodus 3:7; Job 35:9; Exodus 3:9; Psalm 12:5
- 29 Job 23:13; John 14:27; Isaiah 26:3; Psalm 27:9; Romans 8:31–34
- 30 Proverbs 29:2–12; Psalm 12:8; Revelation 13:3–4; 2 Thessalonians 2:4–11; Job 34:21
- 31 Job 33:27; Micah 7:9; Ezra 9:13–14; Nehemiah 9:33–38; Leviticus 26:41
- 32 Psalm 32:8; Psalm 25:4–5; Psalm 19:12; Psalm 139:23–24; Psalm 143:8–10
- 33 Job 33:32; Job 34:11; Proverbs 11:31; Psalm 135:6; Isaiah 45:9
- 34 Job 34:10; Job 34:4; Job 34:2; 1 Corinthians 10:15; Job 34:16
- 35 Job 35:16; Job 38:2; Job 13:2; Job 15:2; Job 42:3
- 36 James 5:11; Job 21:7; Job 24:1; Psalm 17:3; Job 34:8–9
- 37 Job 27:23; Isaiah 1:19–20; 1 Samuel 15:23; Job 11:2–3; Job 8:2–3
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