Ecclesiastes · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Ecclesiastes 4 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 Volví a observar todas las crueldades que se cometen bajo el sol. Vi las lágrimas de los oprimidos, que no tenían quien los consolara. El poder estaba en manos de sus opresores, y los oprimidos no tenían quien los consolara.
1 Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold, the tears of those who were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
2 Por eso consideré más felices a los que ya habían muerto que a los que aún vivían.
2 Therefore I praised the dead who have been long dead more than the living who are yet alive.
3 Pero más feliz que unos y otros me parecía el que nunca ha nacido, pues no ha visto la maldad que se comete bajo el sol.
3 Yes, better than them both is him who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
4 Vi que todo el trabajo y todo lo que se hace bien nacen de la envidia de una persona hacia su prójimo. Esto también es inútil, como perseguir el viento.
4 Then I saw all the labor and achievement that is the envy of a man’s neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
5 El necio se cruza de brazos y se come su propia carne.
5 The fool folds his hands together and ruins himself.
6 Más vale una mano llena de descanso que dos manos llenas de fatiga y de afán por perseguir el viento.
6 Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and chasing after wind.
7 Volví a ver otro ejemplo de lo inútil bajo el sol.
7 Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.
8 Un hombre está solo, sin compañero, hijo ni hermano. Trabaja sin descanso y nunca se conforma con sus riquezas. «¿Para quién trabajo y me privo del placer?», se pregunta. Esto también es inútil y una tarea amarga.
8 There is one who is alone, and he has neither son nor brother. There is no end to all of his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with wealth. “For whom then do I labor and deprive my soul of enjoyment?” This also is vanity. Yes, it is a miserable business.
9 Más valen dos que uno, porque reciben una buena recompensa por su trabajo.
9 Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.
10 Si uno cae, el otro lo ayuda a levantarse. Pero ¡qué desdichado es el que está solo y no tiene quien lo ayude!
10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him who is alone when he falls, and doesn’t have another to lift him up.
11 Si dos se acuestan juntos, se dan calor. Pero ¿cómo puede calentarse uno solo?
11 Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one keep warm alone?
12 Si alguien ataca a dos, estos podrán defenderse. Una cuerda de tres hilos no se rompe fácilmente.
12 If a man prevails against one who is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
13 Más vale un joven pobre y sabio que un rey viejo y necio que no acepta los consejos de otros.
13 Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who doesn’t know how to receive admonition any more.
14 Porque el joven sale de la prisión para convertirse en rey, aunque haya nacido pobre en ese reino.
14 For out of prison he came out to be king; yes, even in his kingdom he was born poor.
15 Vi a todos los que viven bajo el sol reunidos alrededor del joven que iba a ocupar el lugar del rey.
15 I saw all the living who walk under the sun, that they were with the youth, the other, who succeeded him.
16 No tenía fin la multitud que él gobernaba. Sin embargo, los que vengan después no estarán contentos con él. Esto también es inútil, como perseguir el viento.
16 There was no end of all the people, even of all them over whom he was—yet those who come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a chasing after wind.
Cross references (16)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Ecclesiastes 3:16; Ecclesiastes 5:8; Isaiah 5:7; 2 Timothy 4:16–17; Isaiah 51:23
- 2 Job 3:11–26; Ecclesiastes 2:17; Ecclesiastes 9:4–6
- 3 Luke 23:29; Matthew 24:19; Ecclesiastes 6:3–5; Job 10:18–19; Jeremiah 9:2–3
- 4 1 John 3:12; Ecclesiastes 1:14; Ecclesiastes 2:21; Ecclesiastes 2:26; 1 Samuel 18:29–30
- 5 Isaiah 9:20; Proverbs 6:10–11; Proverbs 13:4; Proverbs 20:4; Job 13:14
- 6 Proverbs 16:8; Proverbs 15:16–17; Psalm 37:16; Proverbs 17:1
- 7 Ecclesiastes 4:1; Psalm 78:33; Zechariah 1:6
- 8 1 John 2:16; Proverbs 27:20; Luke 12:20; Ecclesiastes 1:8; Matthew 11:28
- 9 Proverbs 27:17; Genesis 2:18; 1 Corinthians 12:18–21; Numbers 11:14; Mark 6:7
- 10 1 Thessalonians 5:11; 1 Thessalonians 4:18; Galatians 6:1; Isaiah 35:3–4; Job 4:3–4
- 11 1 Kings 1:1–4
- 12 Ephesians 4:3; Daniel 3:16–17
- 13 Proverbs 19:1; 2 Chronicles 25:16; 2 Chronicles 16:9–10; Proverbs 28:15–16; 1 Kings 22:8
- 14 Psalm 113:7–8; Genesis 41:14; Job 5:11; Lamentations 4:20; Genesis 41:33–44
- 15 2 Samuel 15:6
- 16 Ecclesiastes 1:14; 1 Kings 1:40; Ecclesiastes 2:17; 2 Samuel 15:12–13; 1 Kings 1:5–7
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