Job 6 Bible in Basic English
Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · About the recordings
BBE Bible in Basic English
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
2 If only my passion might be measured, and put into the scales against my trouble!
2 ¡Oh si pesasen al justo mi queja y mi tormento, y se alzasen igualmente en balanza!
2 “Oh that my anguish were weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances!
3 For then its weight would be more than the sand of the seas: because of this my words have been uncontrolled.
3 Porque pesaría aquél más que la arena del mar: y por tanto mis palabras son cortadas.
3 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas, therefore my words have been rash.
4 For the arrows of the Ruler of all are present with me, and their poison goes deep into my spirit: his army of fears is put in order against me.
4 Porque las saetas del Todopoderoso están en mí, cuyo veneno bebe mi espíritu; y terrores de Dios me combaten.
4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me. My spirit drinks up their poison. The terrors of God set themselves in array against me.
5 Does the ass of the fields give out his voice when he has grass? or does the ox make sounds over his food?
5 ¿Acaso gime el asno montés junto á la hierba? ¿muge el buey junto á su pasto?
5 Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass? Or does the ox low over his fodder?
6 Will a man take food which has no taste without salt? or is there any taste in the soft substance of purslain?
6 ¿Comeráse lo desabrido sin sal? ¿ó habrá gusto en la clara del huevo?
6 Can that which has no flavor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
7 My soul has no desire for such things, they are as disease in my food.
7 Las cosas que mi alma no quería tocar, por los dolores son mi comida.
7 My soul refuses to touch them. They are as loathsome food to me.
8 If only I might have an answer to my prayer, and God would give me my desire!
8 ¡Quién me diera que viniese mi petición, y que Dios [me] otorgase lo que espero;
8 “Oh that I might have my request, that God would grant the thing that I long for,
9 If only he would be pleased to put an end to me; and would let loose his hand, so that I might be cut off!
9 Y que pluguiera á Dios quebrantarme; que soltara su mano, y me deshiciera!
9 even that it would please God to crush me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
10 So I would still have comfort, and I would have joy in the pains of death, for I have not been false to the words of the Holy One.
10 Y sería aún mi consuelo, si me asaltase con dolor sin dar más tregua, que yo no he escondido las palabras del Santo.
10 Let it still be my consolation, yes, let me exult in pain that doesn’t spare, that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
11 Have I strength to go on waiting, or have I any end to be looking forward to?
11 ¿Cuál es mi fortaleza para esperar aún? ¿y cuál mi fin para dilatar mi vida?
11 What is my strength, that I should wait? What is my end, that I should be patient?
12 Is my strength the strength of stones, or is my flesh brass?
12 ¿Es mi fortaleza la de las piedras? ¿ó mi carne, es de acero?
12 Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh of bronze?
13 I have no help in myself, and wisdom is completely gone from me.
13 ¿No me ayudo cuanto puedo, y el poder me falta del todo?
13 Isn’t it that I have no help in me, that wisdom is driven away from me?
14 He whose heart is shut against his friend has given up the fear of the Ruler of all.
14 El atribulado es consolado de su compañero: mas hase abandonado el temor del Omnipotente.
14 “To him who is ready to faint, kindness should be shown from his friend; even to him who forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
15 My friends have been false like a stream, like streams in the valleys which come to an end:
15 Mis hermanos han mentido cual arroyo: pasáronse como corrientes impetuosas,
15 My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that pass away;
16 Which are dark because of the ice, and the snow falling into them;
16 Que están escondidas por la helada, y encubiertas con nieve;
16 which are black by reason of the ice, in which the snow hides itself.
17 Under the burning sun they are cut off, and come to nothing because of the heat.
17 Que al tiempo del calor son deshechas, y en calentándose, desaparecen de su lugar;
17 In the dry season, they vanish. When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
18 The camel-trains go out of their way; they go up into the waste and come to destruction.
18 Apártanse de la senda de su rumbo, van menguando y piérdense.
18 The caravans that travel beside them turn away. They go up into the waste, and perish.
19 The camel-trains of Tema were searching with care, the bands of Sheba were waiting for them:
19 Miraron los caminantes de Temán, los caminantes de Saba esperaron en ellas:
19 The caravans of Tema looked. The companies of Sheba waited for them.
20 They were put to shame because of their hope; they came and their hope was gone.
20 [Mas] fueron avergonzados por su esperanza; porque vinieron hasta ellas, y halláronse confusos.
20 They were distressed because they were confident. They came there, and were confounded.
21 So have you now become to me; you see my sad condition and are in fear.
21 Ahora ciertamente como ellas sois vosotros: que habéis visto el tormento, y teméis.
21 For now you are nothing. You see a terror, and are afraid.
22 Did I say, Give me something? or, Make a payment for me out of your wealth?
22 ¿Os he dicho yo: Traedme, y pagad por mí de vuestra hacienda;
22 Did I ever say, ‘Give to me’? or, ‘Offer a present for me from your substance’?
23 Or, Get me out of the power of my hater? or, Give money so that I may be free from the power of the cruel ones?
23 Y libradme de la mano del opresor, y redimidme del poder de los violentos?
23 or, ‘Deliver me from the adversary’s hand’? or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors’?
24 Give me teaching and I will be quiet; and make me see my error.
24 Enseñadme, y yo callaré: y hacedme entender en qué he errado.
24 “Teach me, and I will hold my peace. Cause me to understand my error.
25 How pleasing are upright words! but what force is there in your arguments?
25 ¡Cuán fuertes son las palabras de rectitud! Mas ¿qué reprende el que reprende de vosotros?
25 How forcible are words of uprightness! But your reproof, what does it reprove?
26 My words may seem wrong to you, but the words of him who has no hope are for the wind.
26 ¿Pensáis censurar palabras, y los discursos de un desesperado, que son como el viento?
26 Do you intend to reprove words, since the speeches of one who is desperate are as wind?
27 Truly, you are such as would give up the child of a dead man to his creditors, and would make a profit out of your friend.
27 También os arrojáis sobre el huérfano, y hacéis hoyo delante de vuestro amigo.
27 Yes, you would even cast lots for the fatherless, and make merchandise of your friend.
28 Now then, let your eyes be turned to me, for truly I will not say what is false to your face.
28 Ahora pues, si queréis, mirad en mí, y [ved] si miento delante de vosotros.
28 Now therefore be pleased to look at me, for surely I will not lie to your face.
29 Let your minds be changed, and do not have an evil opinion of me; yes, be changed, for my righteousness is still in me.
29 Tornad ahora, y no haya iniquidad; volved aún [á considerar] mi justicia en esto.
29 Please return. Let there be no injustice. Yes, return again. My cause is righteous.
30 Is there evil in my tongue? is not the cause of my trouble clear to me?
30 ¿Hay iniquidad en mi lengua? ¿no puede mi paladar discernir las cosas depravadas?
30 Is there injustice on my tongue? Can’t my taste discern mischievous things?
Cross references (28)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Job 4:1
- 2 Job 23:2; Job 31:6; Job 4:5
- 3 Proverbs 27:3; Job 23:2; Psalm 77:4; Psalm 40:5; Job 37:19–20
- 4 Psalm 38:2; Job 30:15; Psalm 88:15–16; Proverbs 18:14; Mark 15:34
- 5 Jeremiah 14:6; Psalm 104:14; Joel 1:18–20; Psalm 42:1
- 6 Job 34:3; Job 6:30; Job 12:11; Leviticus 2:13; Luke 14:34
- 7 Job 3:24; Ezekiel 12:18–19; Psalm 102:9; Daniel 10:3; Ezekiel 4:16
- 8 Psalm 119:81; Job 17:14–16; Job 6:11–13
- 9 1 Kings 19:4; Jonah 4:3; Job 7:15–16; Isaiah 48:10–13; Jonah 4:8
- 10 Job 23:12; Leviticus 19:2; Isaiah 57:15; Psalm 40:9–10; Psalm 71:17–18
- 11 Psalm 103:14–16; Psalm 102:23; Job 17:1; Psalm 39:5; Job 10:20
- 12 Job 41:24; Job 40:18
- 13 2 Corinthians 1:12; Job 26:2; Job 12:2–3; Job 19:28; Job 13:2
- 14 Galatians 6:2; Proverbs 17:17; 1 Corinthians 12:26; Romans 12:15; 2 Corinthians 11:29
- 15 Psalm 38:11; Jeremiah 15:18; Psalm 41:9; John 13:18; John 16:32
- 17 Job 24:19; 1 Kings 17:1
- 19 Isaiah 21:14; Genesis 25:15; Jeremiah 25:23; 1 Kings 10:1; Genesis 10:7
- 20 Jeremiah 17:13; Romans 9:33; Jeremiah 14:3–4; Romans 5:5
- 21 Psalm 38:11; 2 Timothy 4:16; Jeremiah 17:5–6; Job 13:4; Job 6:15
- 22 Acts 20:33; Job 42:11; 1 Samuel 12:3
- 23 Job 5:20; Psalm 49:15; Psalm 107:2; Jeremiah 15:21; Psalm 49:7–8
- 24 James 3:2; Proverbs 9:9; Job 34:32; Psalm 19:12; Psalm 39:1–2
- 25 Proverbs 25:11; Ecclesiastes 12:10–11; Job 16:3–5; Job 24:25; Job 4:4
- 26 Job 8:2; Ephesians 4:14; Matthew 12:37; Job 10:1; Job 40:8
- 27 Job 24:3; Job 22:9; Psalm 7:15; James 1:27; 2 Peter 2:3
- 28 Job 13:4; Job 27:4; Job 33:3; Job 36:4; Job 11:3
- 29 Job 17:10; Job 34:5; Malachi 3:18; Job 27:4–6; Job 42:6
- 30 Job 12:11; Job 34:3; Job 6:6; Job 33:8–12; Job 42:3–6
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