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Job 23 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)

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BES Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
1 Job respondió:
1 Then Job answered,
2 Aun hoy mi queja es amarga; su mano pesa sobre mi dolor.
2 “Even today my complaint is rebellious. His hand is heavy in spite of my groaning.
3 ¡Ojalá supiera dónde encontrarlo, para llegar hasta su trono!
3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! That I might come even to his seat!
4 Presentaría mi causa ante él y llenaría mi boca de argumentos.
4 I would set my cause in order before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
5 Conocería sus respuestas y entendería lo que me dijera.
5 I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would tell me.
6 ¿Usaría su gran poder para vencerme? No, me prestaría atención.
6 Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? No, but he would listen to me.
7 Allí un hombre recto podría presentar su causa y yo quedaría libre para siempre de mi juez.
7 There the upright might reason with him, so I should be delivered forever from my judge.
8 Voy hacia adelante y no está; retrocedo y no lo veo.
8 “If I go east, he is not there. If I go west, I can’t find him.
9 Lo busco a la izquierda y no encuentro señal de él; me vuelvo a la derecha y no puedo verlo.
9 He works to the north, but I can’t see him. He turns south, but I can’t catch a glimpse of him.
10 Pero él conoce el camino que sigo; después de probarme, saldré como oro.
10 But he knows the way that I take. When he has tried me, I will come out like gold.
11 He seguido sus pasos y me he mantenido en su camino sin desviarme a un lado ni al otro.
11 My foot has held fast to his steps. I have kept his way, and not turned away.
12 Nunca he desobedecido sus mandatos; he guardado sus palabras en mi corazón.
12 I haven’t gone back from the commandment of his lips. I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
13 Pero su propósito es firme y nadie puede cambiarlo; hace todo lo que desea.
13 But he stands alone, and who can oppose him? What his soul desires, even that he does.
14 Cumplirá hasta el fin lo que ha dispuesto para mí; tiene en mente muchos planes como estos.
14 For he performs that which is appointed for me. Many such things are with him.
15 Por eso le tengo miedo; al pensar en él, me lleno de terror.
15 Therefore I am terrified at his presence. When I consider, I am afraid of him.
16 Dios ha debilitado mi corazón y el Todopoderoso me llena de angustia.
16 For God has made my heart faint. The Almighty has terrified me.
17 Me domina la oscuridad y la noche negra que cubre mi rostro.
17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither did he cover the thick darkness from my face.
Cross references (16)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 2 Job 10:1; Job 7:11; Psalm 32:4; Job 6:2–3; Psalm 77:2–9
  2. 3 Job 16:21; Job 31:35–37; Hebrews 4:6; Jeremiah 14:7; Job 13:3
  3. 4 Job 13:18; Daniel 9:18–19; Job 37:19; Genesis 18:25–32; Joshua 7:8–9
  4. 5 1 Corinthians 4:3–4; Job 13:22–23; Job 10:2; Job 42:2–6
  5. 6 2 Corinthians 12:9–10; Job 13:21; Job 9:33–34; Ezekiel 20:35; Job 9:19
  6. 7 Job 13:3; Isaiah 1:18; Romans 8:1; Jeremiah 12:1; Jeremiah 3:5
  7. 8 Psalm 10:1; Job 9:11; Job 35:14; 1 Timothy 6:16; Psalm 13:1–3
  8. 9 Isaiah 8:17; Psalm 89:46
  9. 10 James 1:12; 1 Peter 1:7; James 1:2–4; Psalm 139:1–3; Zechariah 13:9
  10. 11 Psalm 44:18; 2 Peter 2:20–22; Psalm 17:5; Psalm 125:5; Romans 2:7
  11. 12 Jeremiah 15:16; Psalm 119:11; Psalm 119:103; John 4:34; Psalm 19:9–10
  12. 13 Psalm 115:3; Proverbs 19:21; Isaiah 46:10; Daniel 4:35; Job 12:14
  13. 14 1 Thessalonians 3:3; 1 Thessalonians 5:9; Psalm 97:2; Romans 11:33; Isaiah 40:27–28
  14. 15 Psalm 119:120; Job 31:23; Psalm 77:3; Job 10:15; Job 23:3
  15. 16 Psalm 22:14; Job 27:2; Isaiah 6:5; Psalm 88:16; Deuteronomy 20:3
  16. 17 Job 19:8; Isaiah 57:1; 2 Kings 22:20; Job 18:6; Job 22:11

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

How these were chosen

“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Quotes verse 23:8 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Book X, Chapters XXIII–XXVIII)

    Place there is none; we go both "backward" and "forward," and there is no place.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)