Job 3 Bible in Basic English
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1 Then, opening his mouth, and cursing the day of his birth,
1 DESPUÉS de esto abrió Job su boca, y maldijo su día.
2 Job made answer and said,
2 Y exclamó Job, y dijo:
3 Let destruction take the day of my birth, and the night on which it was said, A man child has come into the world.
3 Perezca el día en que yo nací, y la noche que se dijo: Varón es concebido.
4 That day — let it be dark; let not God take note of it from on high, and let not the light be shining on it;
4 Sea aquel día sombrío, y Dios no cuide de él desde arriba, ni claridad sobre él resplandezca.
5 Let the dark and the black night take it for themselves; let it be covered with a cloud; let the dark shades of day send fear on it.
5 Aféenlo tinieblas y sombra de muerte; repose sobre él nublado, que lo haga horrible como caliginoso día.
6 That night — let the thick dark take it; let it not have joy among the days of the year; let it not come into the number of the months.
6 Ocupe la oscuridad aquella noche; no sea contada entre los días del año, ni venga en el número de los meses.
7 As for that night, let it have no fruit; let no voice of joy be sounded in it;
7 ¡Oh si fuere aquella noche solitaria, que no viniera canción alguna en ella!
8 Let it be cursed by those who put a curse on the day; who are ready to make Leviathan awake.
8 Maldíganla los que maldicen al día, los que se aprestan para levantar su llanto.
9 Let its morning stars be dark; let it be looking for light, but may it not have any; let it not see the eyes of the dawn.
9 Oscurézcanse las estrellas de su alba; espere la luz, y no venga, ni vea los párpados de la mañana:
10 Because it did not keep the doors of my mother's body shut, so that trouble might be veiled from my eyes.
10 Por cuanto no cerró las puertas del vientre donde yo estaba, ni escondió de mis ojos la miseria.
11 Why did death not take me when I came out of my mother's body, why did I not, when I came out, give up my last breath?
11 ¿Por qué no morí yo desde la matriz, o fuí traspasado en saliendo del vientre?
12 Why did the knees take me, or why the breasts that they might give me milk?
12 ¿Por qué me previnieron las rodillas? ¿y para qué las tetas que mamase?
13 For then I might have gone to my rest in quiet, and in sleep have been in peace,
13 Pues que ahora yaciera yo, y reposara; durmiera, y entonces tuviera reposo,
14 With kings and the wise ones of the earth, who put up great houses for themselves;
14 Con los reyes y con los consejeros de la tierra, que edifican para sí los desiertos;
15 Or with rulers who had gold, and whose houses were full of silver;
15 O con los príncipes que poseían el oro, que henchían sus casas de plata.
16 Or as a child dead at birth I might never have come into existence; like young children who have not seen the light.
16 O ¿por qué no fuí escondido como aborto, como los pequeñitos que nunca vieron luz?
17 There the passions of the evil are over, and those whose strength has come to an end have rest.
17 Allí los impíos dejan el perturbar, y allí descansan los de cansadas fuerzas.
18 There the prisoners are at peace together; the voice of the overseer comes not again to their ears.
18 Allí asimismo reposan los cautivos; no oyen la voz del exactor.
19 The small and the great are there, and the servant is free from his master.
19 Allí están el chico y el grande; y el siervo libre de su señor.
20 Why does he give light to him who is in trouble, and life to the bitter in soul;
20 ¿Por qué se da luz al trabajado, y vida á los de ánimo en amargura,
21 To those whose desire is for death, but it comes not; who are searching for it more than for secret wealth;
21 Que esperan la muerte, y ella no llega, aunque la buscan más que tesoros;
22 Who are glad with great joy, and full of delight when they come to their last resting-place;
22 Que se alegran sobremanera, y se gozan, cuando hallan el sepulcro?
23 To a man whose way is veiled, and who is shut in by God?
23 ¿[Por qué] al hombre que no sabe por donde vaya, y al cual Dios ha encerrado?
24 In place of my food I have grief, and cries of sorrow come from me like water.
24 Pues antes que mi pan viene mi suspiro; y mis gemidos corren como aguas.
25 For I have a fear and it comes on me, and my heart is greatly troubled.
25 Porque el temor que me espantaba me ha venido, y hame acontecido lo que temía.
26 I have no peace, no quiet, and no rest; nothing but pain comes on me.
26 No he tenido paz, no me aseguré, ni me estuve reposado; vínome no obstante turbación.
Cross references (23)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Jeremiah 20:14–15; Psalm 106:33; Psalm 39:2–3; Job 2:9–10; Job 3:3
- 3 Jeremiah 20:14–18; Jeremiah 15:10; Job 10:18–19
- 4 Matthew 27:45; Amos 5:18; Revelation 16:10; Deuteronomy 11:12; Joel 2:2
- 5 Job 10:21–22; Job 28:3; Jeremiah 2:6; Psalm 23:4; Psalm 107:14
- 7 Isaiah 13:20–22; Jeremiah 7:34; Revelation 18:22–23; Isaiah 24:8
- 8 Job 41:1; Job 41:10; 2 Chronicles 35:25; Jeremiah 9:17–18; Job 41:25
- 9 Job 41:18; Jeremiah 8:15; Jeremiah 13:16; Job 30:26
- 10 Ecclesiastes 6:3–5; Genesis 20:18; Jeremiah 20:17; 1 Samuel 1:5; Genesis 29:31
- 11 Isaiah 46:3; Job 10:18–19; Hosea 9:14; Jeremiah 15:10; Psalm 139:13–16
- 12 Genesis 30:3; Isaiah 66:12; Genesis 50:23; Ezekiel 16:4–5
- 13 Ecclesiastes 9:10; Job 14:10–12; Job 21:13; Job 7:21; Ecclesiastes 6:3–5
- 14 Job 15:28; Psalm 89:48; Isaiah 14:10–16; Psalm 49:14; Psalm 49:6–10
- 15 1 Kings 10:27; Job 22:25; Zephaniah 1:18; Numbers 22:18; Job 27:16–17
- 16 Psalm 58:8; Ecclesiastes 6:3; 1 Corinthians 15:8
- 17 Revelation 14:13; Job 17:16; Isaiah 57:1–2; Job 14:13; Hebrews 4:11
- 18 Job 39:7; Exodus 5:15–19; Judges 4:3; Exodus 5:6–8; Isaiah 14:3–4
- 19 Ecclesiastes 8:8; Ecclesiastes 12:7; Job 30:23; Psalm 49:2; Luke 16:22–23
- 20 Jeremiah 20:18; Job 7:15–16; 1 Samuel 1:10; Proverbs 31:6; Job 6:9
- 21 Revelation 9:6; Proverbs 2:4; Numbers 11:15; Jonah 4:8; 1 Kings 19:4
- 23 Job 19:8; Lamentations 3:7; Isaiah 40:27; Job 12:14; Lamentations 3:9
- 24 Psalm 102:9; Psalm 42:3–4; Psalm 80:5; Psalm 38:8; Job 33:20
- 25 Job 1:5; Job 30:15; Job 31:23
- 26 Job 7:14; Job 27:9; Psalm 143:11
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