Job · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Job 20 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 Zofar el naamatita respondió:
1 Then Zophar the Naamathite answered,
2 Por eso mis pensamientos me inquietan y me impulsan a hablar.
2 “Therefore my thoughts answer me, even by reason of my haste that is in me.
3 Tengo que escuchar argumentos que me avergüenzan; tus respuestas son viento sin sabiduría.
3 I have heard the reproof which puts me to shame. The spirit of my understanding answers me.
4 ¿No sabes que desde los tiempos antiguos, desde que el hombre fue puesto en la tierra,
4 Don’t you know this from old time, since man was placed on earth,
5 el orgullo del pecador dura poco y la alegría del malvado apenas un momento?
5 that the triumphing of the wicked is short, the joy of the godless but for a moment?
6 Aunque se eleve hasta el cielo y su cabeza llegue a las nubes,
6 Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach to the clouds,
7 desaparecerá para siempre, como su propio excremento. Los que lo vieron preguntarán: «¿Dónde está?».
7 yet he will perish forever like his own dung. Those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’
8 Se irá como un sueño y no volverán a verlo; se desvanecerá como una visión nocturna.
8 He will fly away as a dream, and will not be found. Yes, he will be chased away like a vision of the night.
9 Los ojos que lo veían ya no lo verán y su lugar ya no lo reconocerá.
9 The eye which saw him will see him no more, neither will his place see him any more.
10 Sus hijos esperarán que los pobres los traten con bondad y él tendrá que devolver sus riquezas.
10 His children will seek the favor of the poor. His hands will give back his wealth.
11 Sus huesos están llenos de vigor juvenil, pero ese vigor bajará con él al polvo.
11 His bones are full of his youth, but youth will lie down with him in the dust.
12 Aunque la maldad le sepa dulce y la esconda debajo de la lengua,
12 “Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue,
13 aunque la saboree sin soltarla y la mantenga en la boca,
13 though he spare it, and will not let it go, but keep it still within his mouth,
14 en su estómago se volverá amarga, como veneno de serpientes.
14 yet his food in his bowels is turned. It is cobra venom within him.
15 Se tragó las riquezas, pero las vomitará; Dios se las sacará del estómago.
15 He has swallowed down riches, and he will vomit them up again. God will cast them out of his belly.
16 Chupará veneno de serpientes y la lengua de una serpiente lo matará.
16 He will suck cobra venom. The viper’s tongue will kill him.
17 No verá los ríos de aceite ni las corrientes de miel y leche.
17 He will not look at the rivers, the flowing streams of honey and butter.
18 Tendrá que devolver el fruto de su trabajo sin poder comerlo; no disfrutará de las ganancias de su comercio.
18 He will restore that for which he labored, and will not swallow it down. He will not rejoice according to the substance that he has gotten.
19 Porque fue cruel con los pobres y los abandonó en su sufrimiento; porque tomó por la fuerza una casa que no había construido.
19 For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he will not build it up.
20 Sus riquezas no le darán paz ni lo salvarán las cosas que le daban placer.
20 “Because he knew no quietness within him, he will not save anything of that in which he delights.
21 Nunca tuvo bastante para satisfacer sus deseos; por eso su bienestar pronto terminará.
21 There was nothing left that he didn’t devour, therefore his prosperity will not endure.
22 Aun en medio de sus grandes riquezas estará lleno de preocupaciones; todos los que sufren se volverán contra él.
22 In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress will overtake him. The hand of everyone who is in misery will come on him.
23 Dios le concede lo que desea, pero descarga sobre él el ardor de su ira como lluvia.
23 When he is about to fill his belly, God will cast the fierceness of his wrath on him. It will rain on him while he is eating.
24 Huirá de la lanza de hierro, pero lo atravesará una flecha disparada por un arco de bronce.
24 He will flee from the iron weapon. The bronze arrow will strike him through.
25 Se la arrancará y saldrá de su espalda; la punta brillante saldrá de su costado y lo dominará el terror.
25 He draws it out, and it comes out of his body. Yes, the glittering point comes out of his liver. Terrors are on him.
26 Todas sus riquezas están destinadas a la oscuridad. Un fuego que nadie encendió lo destruirá junto con todo lo que haya en su tienda.
26 All darkness is laid up for his treasures. An unfanned fire will devour him. It will consume that which is left in his tent.
27 Los cielos revelarán su pecado y la tierra dará testimonio contra él.
27 The heavens will reveal his iniquity. The earth will rise up against him.
28 Los bienes de su casa serán llevados a otro país; en el día de la ira pasarán a manos ajenas.
28 The increase of his house will depart. They will rush away in the day of his wrath.
29 Esa es la recompensa que Dios le da al malvado, la herencia que le corresponde.
29 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, the heritage appointed to him by God.”
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Zophar
Zophar the Naamathite, one of Job's three friends, who answered Job in the dialogues and did what the LORD told him after the LORD's rebuke.
Cited in the guide: Job 2:11; Job 11:1; Job 20:1
Cross references (29)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Job 2:11; Job 11:1; Job 42:9
- 2 Psalm 31:22; Proverbs 14:29; Jeremiah 20:9; James 1:19; Psalm 39:2–3
- 3 Job 33:3; Job 19:29; Job 20:2; Psalm 49:3; Job 19:3
- 4 Job 15:10; Genesis 1:28; Job 32:7; Psalm 115:16; Genesis 9:1–3
- 5 Psalm 37:35–36; Job 18:5–6; Acts 12:22–23; Job 27:8; Psalm 73:18–20
- 6 Obadiah 3–4; Isaiah 14:13–14; Genesis 11:4; Amos 9:2; Daniel 4:11
- 7 1 Kings 14:10; Job 4:20; 2 Kings 9:37; Psalm 83:10; Job 8:18
- 8 Psalm 90:5; Psalm 73:20; Job 18:18; Isaiah 29:7–8; Psalm 18:10
- 9 Job 7:8; Job 8:18; Job 7:10; Job 20:7; Psalm 37:36
- 10 Job 20:18; Luke 19:8; Job 27:16–17; Exodus 22:3; Proverbs 6:31
- 11 Job 13:26; Psalm 25:7; Job 21:26; Ezekiel 32:27; Ezekiel 24:13
- 12 Psalm 10:7; Job 15:16; Ecclesiastes 11:9; Proverbs 9:17–18; Psalm 109:17–18
- 13 Romans 8:13; Matthew 5:29–30; Mark 9:43–49; Numbers 11:18–20
- 14 Romans 3:13; 2 Samuel 11:2–5; Malachi 2:2; Psalm 38:1–8; Deuteronomy 32:24
- 15 Proverbs 23:8; Matthew 27:3–4
- 16 Acts 28:3–6; Romans 3:13; Matthew 3:7; Isaiah 30:6; Deuteronomy 32:24
- 17 Deuteronomy 32:13–14; Job 29:6; Luke 16:24; 2 Kings 7:2; Isaiah 7:22
- 18 Job 20:10; Job 20:15; Jeremiah 22:13; Proverbs 1:12; Jeremiah 51:44
- 19 Job 35:9; Proverbs 14:31; Ezekiel 22:29; James 5:4; Proverbs 22:22–23
- 20 Ecclesiastes 5:13–14; Isaiah 57:20–21
- 21 Jeremiah 17:11; Job 18:19; Job 15:29; Luke 16:24–25
- 22 Revelation 18:7; Job 15:29; Job 18:7; 2 Kings 24:2; Psalm 39:5
- 23 Psalm 78:30–31; Numbers 11:33; Malachi 2:2; Psalm 11:6; Isaiah 21:4
- 24 Amos 5:19; Isaiah 24:18; 2 Samuel 22:35; Proverbs 7:23; Amos 9:1–3
- 25 Job 16:13; Job 18:11; Job 15:21; Deuteronomy 32:41; Job 27:20
- 26 Psalm 21:9; Psalm 120:4; Isaiah 30:33; Matthew 3:12; Isaiah 8:22
- 27 Isaiah 26:21; Luke 12:2–3; Job 16:18; Romans 2:16; Psalm 44:20–21
- 28 Job 27:14–19; Revelation 18:17; James 5:1–3; Zephaniah 1:18; Job 5:5
- 29 Job 27:13; Job 31:2–3; Psalm 11:5–6; Job 18:21; Lamentations 3:38
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