Job 11 Berean Standard Bible
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1 Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
1 Y RESPONDIÓ Sophar Naamathita, y dijo:
2 “Should this stream of words go unanswered and such a speaker be vindicated?
2 ¿Las muchas palabras no han de tener respuesta? ¿y el hombre parlero será justificado?
3 Should your babbling put others to silence? Will you scoff without rebuke?
3 ¿Harán tus falacias callar á los hombres? ¿y harás escarnio, y no habrá quien te avergüence?
4 You have said, ‘My doctrine is sound, and I am pure in Your sight.’
4 Tú dices: Mi conversar es puro, y yo soy limpio delante de tus ojos.
5 But if only God would speak and open His lips against you,
5 Mas ¡oh quién diera que Dios hablara, y abriera sus labios contigo,
6 and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom has two sides. Know then that God exacts from you less than your iniquity deserves.
6 Y que te declarara los arcanos de la sabiduría, que [son] de doble [valor] que la hacienda! Conocerías entonces que Dios te ha castigado menos que tu iniquidad merece.
7 Can you fathom the deep things of God or discover the limits of the Almighty?
7 ¿Alcanzarás tú el rastro de Dios? ¿llegarás tú á la perfección del Todopoderoso?
8 They are higher than the heavens—what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know?
8 Es más alto que los cielos: ¿qué harás? Es más profundo que el infierno: ¿cómo lo conocerás?
9 Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea.
9 Su dimensión es más larga que la tierra, y más ancha que la mar.
10 If He comes along to imprison you, or convenes a court, who can stop Him?
10 Si cortare, ó encerrare, ó juntare, ¿quién podrá contrarrestarle?
11 Surely He knows the deceit of men. If He sees iniquity, does He not take note?
11 Porque él conoce á los hombres vanos: ve asimismo la iniquidad, ¿y no hará caso?
12 But a witless man can no more become wise than the colt of a wild donkey can be born a man!
12 El hombre vano se hará entendido, aunque nazca como el pollino del asno montés.
13 As for you, if you direct your heart and lift up your hands to Him,
13 Si tú apercibieres tu corazón, y extendieres á él tus manos;
14 if you put away the iniquity in your hand, and allow no injustice to dwell in your tents,
14 Si alguna iniquidad hubiere en tu mano, y la echares de ti, y no consintieres que more maldad en tus habitaciones;
15 then indeed you will lift up your face without shame; you will stand firm and unafraid.
15 Entonces levantarás tu rostro limpio de mancha, y serás fuerte y no temerás:
16 For you will forget your misery, recalling it only as waters gone by.
16 Y olvidarás tu trabajo, ó te acordarás de él como de aguas que pasaron:
17 Your life will be brighter than noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.
17 Y en mitad de la siesta se levantará bonanza; resplandecerás, y serás como la mañana:
18 You will be secure, because there is hope, and you will look around and lie down in safety.
18 Y confiarás, que habrá esperanza; y cavarás, y dormirás seguro:
19 You will lie down without fear, and many will court your favor.
19 Y te acostarás, y no habrá quien te espante: y muchos te rogarán.
20 But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; they will hope for their last breath.”
20 Mas los ojos de los malos se consumirán, y no tendrán refugio; y su esperanza será agonía del alma.
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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 (20)
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- 1 Job 2:11; Job 20:1
- 2 James 1:19; Proverbs 10:19; Job 18:2; Job 8:2; Acts 17:18
- 3 Job 17:2; Jude 18; Job 21:3; Psalm 83:16; Job 15:2–3
- 4 Job 10:7; Job 6:10; 1 Peter 3:15; Job 34:5–6; Job 35:2
- 5 Job 38:1–2; Job 31:35; Job 23:3–7; Job 40:1–5; Job 42:7
- 6 Ezra 9:13; Lamentations 3:22; Daniel 2:28; Ephesians 3:5; Matthew 13:35
- 7 Romans 11:33; Psalm 145:3; Ecclesiastes 3:11; Isaiah 40:28; Job 5:9
- 8 Job 22:12; Isaiah 55:9; Psalm 139:6–8; Psalm 148:13; Job 26:6
- 9 Psalm 139:9–10; Job 28:24–25; Psalm 65:5–8
- 10 Job 9:12–13; Job 12:14; Revelation 3:7; Isaiah 41:27; Daniel 4:35
- 11 Psalm 10:14; Hebrews 4:13; Revelation 2:23; John 2:24–25; Psalm 10:11
- 12 Job 39:5–8; James 2:20; Psalm 73:22; Jeremiah 2:24; James 3:13–17
- 13 Psalm 143:6; Psalm 88:9; Psalm 78:8; 1 Samuel 7:3; Job 8:5–6
- 14 Job 22:23; James 4:8; Job 4:7; Psalm 101:2; Isaiah 1:15
- 15 Job 22:26; 1 John 3:19–22; 1 John 2:28; 1 Timothy 2:8; Psalm 27:1
- 16 Isaiah 65:16; Ecclesiastes 5:20; Isaiah 54:9; John 16:21; Isaiah 54:4
- 17 Isaiah 58:8–10; Psalm 37:6; Proverbs 4:18; Zechariah 14:6–7; Hosea 6:3
- 18 Proverbs 3:24–26; Psalm 3:5; Psalm 43:5; Psalm 4:8; Leviticus 26:5–6
- 19 Isaiah 60:14; Isaiah 45:14; Psalm 45:12; Leviticus 26:6; Revelation 3:9
- 20 Deuteronomy 28:65; Job 31:16; Job 17:5; Job 8:13–14; Luke 16:23–26
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