Ecclesiastes · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Ecclesiastes 7 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 Una buena reputación vale más que un aceite costoso, y el día de la muerte vale más que el del nacimiento.
1 A good name is better than fine perfume; and the day of death better than the day of one’s birth.
2 Es mejor ir a una casa donde hay luto que a una donde hay un banquete, porque la muerte es el fin de todos, y los vivos deben tenerlo presente.
2 It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting; for that is the end of all men, and the living should take this to heart.
3 La tristeza es mejor que la alegría, porque la tristeza del rostro mejora el corazón.
3 Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made good.
4 El corazón de los sabios está en la casa donde hay luto, pero el de los necios está en la casa de la alegría.
4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
5 Es mejor escuchar la reprensión de un sabio que el canto de los necios.
5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise than for a man to hear the song of fools.
6 La risa del necio es como el crujido de las espinas que arden debajo de una olla. Esto también es inútil.
6 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.
7 La conducta de los crueles perturba al sabio, y el soborno corrompe el corazón.
7 Surely extortion makes the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroys the understanding.
8 El final de una cosa es mejor que su comienzo, y un espíritu apacible es mejor que el orgullo.
8 Better is the end of a thing than its beginning. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
9 No te enojes fácilmente, porque la ira vive en el corazón de los necios.
9 Don’t be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
10 No preguntes: «¿Por qué los tiempos pasados fueron mejores que estos?». Esa pregunta no nace de la sabiduría.
10 Don’t say, “Why were the former days better than these?” For you do not ask wisely about this.
11 La sabiduría, junto con una herencia, es buena y beneficia a los que ven el sol.
11 Wisdom is as good as an inheritance. Yes, it is more excellent for those who see the sun.
12 La sabiduría protege del peligro, igual que el dinero. Pero la ventaja del conocimiento es que la sabiduría da vida a quien la posee.
12 For wisdom is a defense, even as money is a defense; but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.
13 Considera la obra de Dios. ¿Quién puede enderezar lo que él ha torcido?
13 Consider the work of God, for who can make that straight which he has made crooked?
14 Disfruta cuando tengas prosperidad, pero cuando llegue la desgracia, reflexiona: Dios ha puesto una frente a la otra, para que nadie pueda saber con certeza lo que vendrá después.
14 In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; yes, God has made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything after him.
15 He visto estas dos cosas durante mi vida sin provecho: un justo que muere siendo justo, y un malvado que vive muchos años haciendo el mal.
15 All this I have seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in his evildoing.
16 No seas demasiado justo ni demasiado sabio. ¿Por qué dejar que te llegue la ruina?
16 Don’t be overly righteous, neither make yourself overly wise. Why should you destroy yourself?
17 No seas demasiado malvado ni seas necio. ¿Por qué morir antes de tiempo?
17 Don’t be too wicked, neither be foolish. Why should you die before your time?
18 Es bueno que te aferres a esto sin soltar aquello. El que teme a Dios saldrá libre de ambas cosas.
18 It is good that you should take hold of this. Yes, also don’t withdraw your hand from that; for he who fears God will come out of them all.
19 La sabiduría hace al sabio más fuerte que diez gobernantes de una ciudad.
19 Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city.
20 No hay nadie en la tierra tan justo que haga el bien y nunca peque.
20 Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and doesn’t sin.
21 No prestes atención a todo lo que dice la gente, para que no oigas a tu siervo maldecirte.
21 Also don’t take heed to all words that are spoken, lest you hear your servant curse you;
22 Tú sabes bien cuántas veces has maldecido a otros.
22 for often your own heart knows that you yourself have likewise cursed others.
23 Puse todo esto a prueba por medio de la sabiduría. Me dije: «Seré sabio», pero la sabiduría estaba lejos de mí.
23 All this I have proved in wisdom. I said, “I will be wise;” but it was far from me.
24 La realidad de las cosas está fuera de nuestro alcance y es muy profunda. ¿Quién puede conocerla?
24 That which is, is far off and exceedingly deep. Who can find it out?
25 Me dediqué a conocer y a investigar, a buscar la sabiduría y la razón de las cosas. Quería comprender que el pecado es necedad, y que ser necio es perder la razón.
25 I turned around, and my heart sought to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the scheme of things, and to know that wickedness is stupidity, and that foolishness is madness.
26 Hallé algo más amargo que la muerte: la mujer cuyo corazón está lleno de trampas y redes, y cuyas manos son como cadenas. El que agrada a Dios escapará de ella, pero el pecador quedará atrapado.
26 I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and traps, whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner will be ensnared by her.
27 «Mira, esto he descubierto», dijo el Predicador. «He examinado una cosa tras otra para encontrar la explicación,
27 “Behold, I have found this,” says the Preacher, “to one another, to find an explanation
28 que todavía busco sin haberla encontrado. He hallado un hombre entre mil, pero ninguna mujer entre todas ellas.
28 which my soul still seeks, but I have not found. I have found one man among a thousand, but I have not found a woman among all those.
29 Solo esto he descubierto: Dios hizo rectos a los seres humanos, pero ellos han buscado toda clase de artimañas».
29 Behold, I have only found this: that God made mankind upright; but they search for many inventions.”
Cross references (29)
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- 1 Revelation 14:13; Proverbs 22:1; Ecclesiastes 4:2; 2 Corinthians 5:8; Philippians 1:21–23
- 2 Psalm 90:12; Hebrews 9:27; Deuteronomy 32:29; Deuteronomy 32:46; Philippians 3:19
- 3 2 Corinthians 7:9–11; Romans 5:3–4; James 4:8–10; John 16:20–22; Hebrews 12:10–11
- 4 Matthew 8:14–16; Luke 7:12–13; 1 Samuel 25:36; Nehemiah 2:2–5; Jeremiah 51:39
- 5 Proverbs 15:31–32; Psalm 141:5; Revelation 3:19; Proverbs 13:18; Proverbs 17:10
- 6 Psalm 58:9; Psalm 118:12; Ecclesiastes 2:2; Luke 6:25; Jude 12–13
- 7 Deuteronomy 16:19; Exodus 23:8; Proverbs 17:23; Ecclesiastes 4:1; Isaiah 1:23
- 8 Hebrews 10:36; Psalm 126:5–6; Proverbs 14:29; 1 Peter 1:13; James 5:11
- 9 James 1:19; Proverbs 14:17; Proverbs 16:32; Ephesians 4:26–27; Proverbs 26:23–26
- 10 Psalm 14:2–3; Genesis 6:11–12; Romans 1:22–32; Isaiah 50:1; Judges 6:13
- 11 Ecclesiastes 11:7; 1 Timothy 6:17–19; Proverbs 8:10–11; Ecclesiastes 2:13; Ecclesiastes 9:15–18
- 12 Proverbs 8:35; Proverbs 2:7; Proverbs 3:18; Proverbs 11:4; Judges 9:15
- 13 Ecclesiastes 1:15; Job 12:14; Psalm 107:43; Isaiah 14:27; Ecclesiastes 3:11
- 14 Ecclesiastes 3:4; Ecclesiastes 3:22; Deuteronomy 8:3; Ecclesiastes 12:13; James 5:13
- 15 Ecclesiastes 8:12–14; Ecclesiastes 6:12; Psalm 73:3–13; Matthew 23:34–35; Ecclesiastes 9:1–2
- 16 Romans 12:3; Proverbs 25:16; Colossians 2:18; James 3:13–17; Matthew 6:1–7
- 17 Proverbs 10:27; Job 22:16; Psalm 55:23; Acts 12:23; Acts 5:10
- 18 Ecclesiastes 12:13; Ecclesiastes 11:6; Malachi 4:2; Ecclesiastes 8:12; Luke 1:50
- 19 Proverbs 21:22; Colossians 1:9–11; Ecclesiastes 9:13–18; Proverbs 24:5; 2 Samuel 20:16–22
- 20 Romans 3:23; Isaiah 53:6; 1 John 1:8–10; James 3:2; Proverbs 20:9
- 21 Proverbs 30:10; Isaiah 29:21; 2 Samuel 16:10; 2 Samuel 19:19; 1 Corinthians 13:5–7
- 22 James 3:9; Matthew 15:19; Matthew 18:32–35; 1 Kings 2:44; John 8:7–9
- 23 Romans 1:22; 1 Corinthians 1:20; Genesis 3:5; 1 Kings 11:1–8; 1 Kings 3:11–12
- 24 Romans 11:33; Isaiah 55:8–9; 1 Timothy 6:16; Psalm 139:6; Job 28:28
- 25 Ecclesiastes 10:13; Joshua 7:13; Ecclesiastes 2:15; Proverbs 17:12; Ecclesiastes 3:16–17
- 26 Proverbs 22:14; Proverbs 5:3–5; Proverbs 2:16; Proverbs 2:18–19; Ecclesiastes 2:26
- 27 Ecclesiastes 12:8–10; Ecclesiastes 1:1–2
- 28 Job 33:23; Psalm 12:1; 1 Kings 11:1–3; Isaiah 26:9; Ecclesiastes 7:23–24
- 29 Jeremiah 4:22; Genesis 6:11–12; Mark 7:8–9; Titus 3:3; Genesis 5:1
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