Job 31 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)

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1 Hice un pacto con mis ojos; ¿cómo podría mirar con deseo a una joven virgen?

1 “I made a covenant with my eyes; how then should I look lustfully at a young woman?

2 ¿Qué recompensa da Dios desde lo alto? ¿Qué herencia concede el Todopoderoso desde el cielo?

2 For what is the portion from God above, and the heritage from the Almighty on high?

3 ¿No es la desgracia para el pecador y la destrucción para los malvados?

3 Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, and disaster to the workers of iniquity?

4 ¿No ve Dios mis caminos y cuenta todos mis pasos?

4 Doesn’t he see my ways, and count all my steps?

5 Si he seguido caminos falsos o me he apresurado a engañar,

5 “If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot has hurried to deceit

6 que me pese en una balanza justa y reconozca mi justicia.

6 (let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know my integrity);

7 Si me he desviado del camino, si mi corazón ha seguido lo que ven mis ojos o tengo en mis manos bienes ajenos,

7 if my step has turned out of the way, if my heart walked after my eyes, if any defilement has stuck to my hands,

8 que yo siembre y otro coma, y que arranquen mi cosecha de raíz.

8 then let me sow, and let another eat. Yes, let the produce of my field be rooted out.

9 Si he deseado a la esposa de otro o he acechado a la puerta de mi vecino,

9 “If my heart has been enticed to a woman, and I have laid wait at my neighbor’s door,

10 que mi esposa dé placer a otro hombre y otros se sirvan de su cuerpo.

10 then let my wife grind for another, and let others sleep with her.

11 Eso sería un crimen, una acción que los jueces deberían castigar.

11 For that would be a heinous crime. Yes, it would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges,

12 Sería un fuego que consume hasta destruir y acaba con toda mi cosecha.

12 for it is a fire that consumes to destruction, and would root out all my increase.

13 Si he sido injusto con mi sirviente o mi sirvienta cuando presentaban una causa contra mí,

13 “If I have despised the cause of my male servant or of my female servant, when they contended with me,

14 ¿qué haré cuando Dios venga a juzgarme? ¿Qué responderé cuando me interrogue?

14 what then will I do when God rises up? When he visits, what will I answer him?

15 ¿No los hizo Dios a ellos igual que a mí? ¿No nos dio vida en el vientre de nuestras madres?

15 Didn’t he who made me in the womb make him? Didn’t one fashion us in the womb?

16 Si he negado a los pobres lo que necesitaban o he dejado que la viuda esperara ayuda en vano,

16 “If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

17 si he guardado mi comida para mí sin compartirla con el huérfano,

17 or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it

18 pues Dios me cuidó como un padre desde mis primeros días y me guio desde el vientre de mi madre,

18 (no, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, I have guided her from my mother’s womb);

19 si he visto a alguien a punto de morir por falta de ropa, o a un pobre sin nada con qué cubrirse,

19 if I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or that the needy had no covering;

20 y su cuerpo no me ha bendecido ni se ha calentado con la lana de mis ovejas,

20 if his heart hasn’t blessed me, if he hasn’t been warmed with my sheep’s fleece;

21 si he levantado la mano contra un inocente porque sabía que los jueces me apoyaban,

21 if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate;

22 ¡que me arranquen el brazo del cuerpo y me lo quiebren desde su base!

22 then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder blade, and my arm be broken from the bone.

23 El temor de Dios me impedía hacerlo; ante su poder no podía cometer esas cosas.

23 For calamity from God is a terror to me. Because of his majesty, I can do nothing.

24 Si he puesto mi esperanza en el oro o le he dicho al oro puro: «En ti confío»,

24 “If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold, ‘You are my confidence;’

25 si me he alegrado por mis grandes riquezas y por todo lo que he acumulado,

25 If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;

26 si al contemplar el sol brillante o la luna recorriendo su camino luminoso,

26 if I have seen the sun when it shined, or the moon moving in splendor,

27 mi corazón los ha adorado en secreto y les he enviado besos con la mano,

27 and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth;

28 eso también sería un pecado que los jueces deberían castigar, porque habría sido infiel al Dios de lo alto.

28 this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges, for I would have denied the God who is above.

29 Si me he alegrado de la desgracia de mi enemigo o he dado gritos de alegría cuando le llegó el mal,

29 “If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him

30 aunque no dejé que mi boca pecara lanzando una maldición contra su vida,

30 (I have certainly not allowed my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse);

31 si los hombres de mi tienda no han dicho: «¿Quién no ha comido hasta saciarse de su carne?»,

31 if the men of my tent have not said, ‘Who can find one who has not been filled with his meat?’

32 pues el viajero nunca pasaba la noche en la calle y mis puertas estaban abiertas a cualquiera que estuviera de viaje,

32 (the foreigner has not camped in the street, but I have opened my doors to the traveler);

33 si he ocultado mis malas acciones y he guardado mi pecado en secreto,

33 if like Adam I have covered my transgressions, by hiding my iniquity in my heart,

34 por miedo a la multitud o al desprecio de las familias, quedándome callado sin salir de mi casa;

34 because I feared the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and didn’t go out of the door—

35 ¡Ojalá Dios me escuchara y el Todopoderoso me respondiera! ¡Ojalá pusiera por escrito lo que tiene contra mí!

35 oh that I had one to hear me! Behold, here is my signature! Let the Almighty answer me! Let the accuser write my indictment!

36 Tomaría ese escrito en mis manos y lo llevaría como una corona.

36 Surely I would carry it on my shoulder, and I would bind it to me as a crown.

37 Le daría cuenta de todos mis pasos y le presentaría el escrito como un príncipe.

37 I would declare to him the number of my steps. I would go near to him like a prince.

38 Si mi tierra ha clamado contra mí o sus surcos han llorado,

38 If my land cries out against me, and its furrows weep together;

39 si he tomado su producto sin pagarlo y he causado la muerte de sus dueños,

39 if I have eaten its fruits without money, or have caused its owners to lose their life,

40 ¡que broten espinos en lugar de grano y plantas malolientes en lugar de cebada! Aquí terminaron las palabras de Job.

40 let briers grow instead of wheat, and stinkweed instead of barley.” The words of Job are ended.

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“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).

Quotes verse 31:25 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily XXI)
And what is more, when he had them they were no joy to him: so he also declared, saying, "If I did so much as rejoice when my wealth waxed great:" wherefore neither did he grieve when it was gone.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
Quotes verse 31:1 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily XXXIII)
And if thou wouldest also hear of his strivings after continence, hearken to him when he saith, "I made a covenant with mine eyes, that I should not think upon a maid." For this cause his wife did not break his spirit, for he loved her even before this, not however immoderately, but as is due to a wife.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)

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