Ecclesiastes · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Ecclesiastes 8 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 ¿Quién es como el sabio? ¿Quién comprende el sentido de las cosas? La sabiduría ilumina el rostro de una persona y cambia la dureza de su expresión.
1 Who is like the wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man’s wisdom makes his face shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.
2 Te digo: obedece la ley del rey por respeto al juramento hecho ante Dios.
2 I say, “Keep the king’s command!” because of the oath to God.
3 No te apresures a salir de la presencia del rey ni persistas en un mal plan, porque él hace lo que le agrada.
3 Don’t be hasty to go out of his presence. Don’t persist in an evil thing, for he does whatever pleases him,
4 La palabra del rey tiene autoridad. ¿Quién puede decirle: «¿Qué estás haciendo?»?
4 for the king’s word is supreme. Who can say to him, “What are you doing?”
5 El que obedece la ley no sufrirá daño. El sabio sabe cuándo actuar y qué decisión tomar.
5 Whoever keeps the commandment shall not come to harm, and his wise heart will know the time and procedure.
6 Para cada propósito hay un tiempo y una decisión, porque grande es la tristeza que pesa sobre el ser humano.
6 For there is a time and procedure for every purpose, although the misery of man is heavy on him.
7 Nadie sabe con certeza lo que sucederá. ¿Quién puede decirle cuándo ocurrirá?
7 For he doesn’t know that which will be; for who can tell him how it will be?
8 Nadie tiene poder para retener el viento ni autoridad sobre el día de su muerte. En la guerra nadie queda libre de servir, y la maldad no pondrá a salvo al pecador.
8 There is no man who has power over the spirit to contain the spirit; neither does he have power over the day of death. There is no discharge in war; neither shall wickedness deliver those who practice it.
9 He visto todo esto y he prestado atención a todo lo que se hace bajo el sol. Hay ocasiones en que una persona domina a otra para hacerle daño.
9 All this I have seen, and applied my mind to every work that is done under the sun. There is a time in which one man has power over another to his hurt.
10 También vi a malvados que eran sepultados y llevados desde el lugar santo. Habían andado por la ciudad y recibido alabanzas por lo que habían hecho. Esto también es inútil.
10 So I saw the wicked buried. Indeed they came also from holiness. They went and were forgotten in the city where they did this. This also is vanity.
11 Como el castigo por una mala acción tarda en llegar, los seres humanos se entregan de lleno a hacer el mal.
11 Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
12 Aunque un pecador haga el mal cien veces y viva muchos años, sé que les irá bien a quienes temen a Dios y viven con temor ante él.
12 Though a sinner commits crimes a hundred times, and lives long, yet surely I know that it will be better with those who fear God, who are reverent before him.
13 Pero al malvado no le irá bien ni alargará sus días como una sombra, porque no teme a Dios.
13 But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he lengthen days like a shadow, because he doesn’t fear God.
14 Hay algo inútil que sucede en la tierra: personas buenas reciben el castigo que merecen los malvados, y malvados reciben la recompensa de los buenos. Digo que esto también es inútil.
14 There is a vanity which is done on the earth, that there are righteous men to whom it happens according to the work of the wicked. Again, there are wicked men to whom it happens according to the work of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.
15 Por eso alabé la alegría, porque no hay nada mejor para una persona bajo el sol que comer, beber y alegrarse. Esa alegría la acompañará en su trabajo durante toda la vida que Dios le dé bajo el sol.
15 Then I commended mirth, because a man has no better thing under the sun than to eat, to drink, and to be joyful: for that will accompany him in his labor all the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.
16 Cuando me dediqué a conocer la sabiduría y a observar las ocupaciones de esta tierra —pues hay quienes no duermen ni de día ni de noche—,
16 When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on the earth (even though eyes see no sleep day or night),
17 vi toda la obra de Dios y comprendí que el ser humano no puede conocer plenamente lo que se hace bajo el sol. Por mucho que se esfuerce en investigar, no lo comprenderá. Aunque el sabio parezca estar cerca de entenderlo, tampoco lo conocerá.
17 then I saw all the work of God, that man can’t find out the work that is done under the sun, because however much a man labors to seek it out, yet he won’t find it. Yes even though a wise man thinks he can comprehend it, he won’t be able to find it.
Cross references (17)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Acts 6:15; Deuteronomy 28:50; 2 Peter 1:20; Proverbs 24:5; Proverbs 17:24
- 2 Proverbs 24:21; Titus 3:1; 1 Peter 2:13–17; 1 Kings 2:43; Romans 13:1–5
- 3 Ecclesiastes 10:4; Daniel 4:35; Acts 5:8–9; Daniel 5:19; Proverbs 14:29
- 4 Romans 13:1–4; Job 9:12; Proverbs 20:2; Daniel 4:35; Romans 9:20
- 5 Hebrews 5:14; 1 Peter 3:13–14; Philippians 1:9–10; Acts 4:19; Luke 20:25
- 6 Ecclesiastes 3:1; Ecclesiastes 3:17; Luke 19:42–44; Ecclesiastes 3:11; Luke 17:26–30
- 7 Ecclesiastes 10:14; Ecclesiastes 9:12; Matthew 24:50; Ecclesiastes 6:12; Proverbs 24:22
- 8 Psalm 89:48; Job 14:5; Hebrews 9:27; Psalm 49:6–9; Ecclesiastes 3:21
- 9 Ecclesiastes 5:8; Ecclesiastes 4:7–8; Ecclesiastes 5:13; Ecclesiastes 3:10; Ecclesiastes 7:25
- 10 Ecclesiastes 2:16; Proverbs 10:7; Ecclesiastes 9:5; Job 21:32–33; Jeremiah 17:13
- 11 Isaiah 26:10; Psalm 50:21–22; Romans 2:4–5; 2 Peter 3:3–10; Matthew 24:49–50
- 12 Psalm 37:11; Luke 1:50; 2 Peter 2:9; Psalm 37:18–19; Ecclesiastes 7:15
- 13 Ecclesiastes 6:12; Isaiah 3:11; Job 14:2; Malachi 3:18; Isaiah 57:21
- 14 Ecclesiastes 7:15; Malachi 3:15; Ecclesiastes 2:14; Ecclesiastes 9:1–3; Psalm 73:3
- 15 Ecclesiastes 2:24; Ecclesiastes 5:18; Ecclesiastes 3:12–13; Ecclesiastes 9:7–9; Ecclesiastes 3:22
- 16 Ecclesiastes 2:23; Ecclesiastes 1:13; Psalm 127:2; Ecclesiastes 8:7; Ecclesiastes 8:9
- 17 Ecclesiastes 3:11; Psalm 73:16; Romans 11:33; Isaiah 40:28; Job 11:7–9
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… which is done upon the earth; that there be just men unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked: again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous. I said, that this also is vanity." This wisest man devoted this whole book to a full exposure of this vanity, evidently …
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