Job 21 Berean Standard Bible
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1 Then Job answered:
1 Y RESPONDIÓ Job, y dijo:
2 “Listen carefully to my words; let this be your consolation to me.
2 Oid atentamente mi palabra, y sea esto vuestros consuelos.
3 Bear with me while I speak; then, after I have spoken, you may go on mocking.
3 Soportadme, y yo hablaré; y después que hubiere hablado, escarneced.
4 Is my complaint against a man? Then why should I not be impatient?
4 ¿Hablo yo á algún hombre? y ¿por qué no se ha de angustiar mi espíritu?
5 Look at me and be appalled; put your hand over your mouth.
5 Miradme, y espantaos, y poned la mano sobre la boca.
6 When I remember, terror takes hold, and my body trembles in horror.
6 Aun yo mismo, cuando me acuerdo, me asombro, y toma temblor mi carne.
7 Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?
7 ¿Por qué viven los impíos, y se envejecen, y aun crecen en riquezas?
8 Their descendants are established around them, and their offspring before their eyes.
8 Su simiente con ellos, compuesta delante de ellos; y sus renuevos delante de sus ojos.
9 Their homes are safe from fear; no rod of punishment from God is upon them.
9 Sus casas seguras de temor, ni hay azote de Dios sobre ellos.
10 Their bulls breed without fail; their cows bear calves and do not miscarry.
10 Sus vacas conciben, no abortan; paren sus vacas, y no malogran su cría.
11 They send forth their little ones like a flock; their children skip about,
11 Salen sus chiquitos como manada, y sus hijos andan saltando.
12 singing to the tambourine and lyre and making merry at the sound of the flute.
12 Al son de tamboril y de cítara saltan, y se huelgan al son del órgano.
13 They spend their days in prosperity and go down to Sheol in peace.
13 Gastan sus días en bien, y en un momento descienden á la sepultura.
14 Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.
14 Dicen pues á Dios: Apártate de nosotros, que no queremos el conocimiento de tus caminos.
15 Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’
15 ¿Quién es el Todopoderoso, para que le sirvamos? ¿y de qué nos aprovechará que oremos á él?
16 Still, their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.
16 He aquí que su bien no está en manos de ellos: el consejo de los impíos lejos esté de mí.
17 How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? Does disaster come upon them? Does God, in His anger, apportion destruction?
17 ¡Oh cuántas veces la lámpara de los impíos es apagada, y viene sobre ellos su quebranto, [y Dios] en su ira les reparte dolores!
18 Are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a storm?
18 Serán como la paja delante del viento, y como el tamo que arrebata el torbellino.
19 It is said that God lays up one’s punishment for his children. Let God repay the man himself, so he will know it.
19 Dios guardará para sus hijos su violencia; y le dará su pago, para que conozca.
20 Let his eyes see his own destruction; let him drink for himself the wrath of the Almighty.
20 Verán sus ojos su quebranto, y beberá de la ira del Todopoderoso.
21 For what does he care about his household after him, when the number of his months has run out?
21 Porque ¿qué deleite tendrá él de su casa después de sí, siendo cortado el número de sus meses?
22 Can anyone teach knowledge to God, since He judges those on high?
22 ¿Enseñará alguien á Dios sabiduría, juzgando él á los que están elevados?
23 One man dies full of vigor, completely secure and at ease.
23 Este morirá en el vigor de su hermosura, todo quieto y pacífico.
24 His body is well nourished, and his bones are rich with marrow.
24 Sus colodras están llenas de leche, y sus huesos serán regados de tuétano.
25 Yet another man dies in the bitterness of his soul, having never tasted prosperity.
25 Y estotro morirá en amargura de ánimo, y no habiendo comido jamás con gusto.
26 But together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them both.
26 Igualmente yacerán ellos en el polvo, y gusanos los cubrirán.
27 Behold, I know your thoughts full well, the schemes by which you would wrong me.
27 He aquí, yo conozco vuestros pensamientos, y las imaginaciones que contra mí forjáis.
28 For you say, ‘Where now is the nobleman’s house, and where are the tents in which the wicked dwell?’
28 Porque decís: ¿Qué es de la casa del príncipe, y qué de la tienda de las moradas de los impíos?
29 Have you never asked those who travel the roads? Do you not accept their reports?
29 ¿No habéis preguntado á los que pasan por los caminos, por cuyas señas no negaréis,
30 Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.
30 Que el malo es reservado para el día de la destrucción? Presentados serán en el día de las iras.
31 Who denounces his behavior to his face? Who repays him for what he has done?
31 ¿Quién le denunciará en su cara su camino? Y de lo que él hizo, ¿quién le dará el pago?
32 He is carried to the grave, and watch is kept over his tomb.
32 Porque llevado será él á los sepulcros, y en el montón permanecerá.
33 The clods of the valley are sweet to him; everyone follows behind him, and those before him are without number.
33 Los terrones del valle le serán dulces; y tras de él será llevado todo hombre, y antes de él [han ido] innumerables.
34 So how can you comfort me with empty words? For your answers remain full of falsehood.”
34 ¿Cómo pues me consoláis en vano, viniendo á parar vuestras respuestas en falacia?
Cross references (33)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 2 Hebrews 2:1; Job 15:11; Isaiah 55:2; Job 13:3–4; Job 33:31–33
- 3 Job 17:2; Job 16:10; Job 16:20; Job 13:13; Job 12:4–5
- 4 Psalm 142:2–3; Psalm 42:11; Psalm 102:1; Psalm 22:1–3; Job 10:1–2
- 5 Job 40:4; Job 29:9; Judges 18:19; Proverbs 30:32; Job 19:20–21
- 6 Habakkuk 3:16; Psalm 119:120; Psalm 77:3; Lamentations 3:19–20; Psalm 88:15
- 7 Psalm 73:3–12; Job 12:6; Psalm 37:35; Jeremiah 12:1–3; Habakkuk 1:13
- 8 Proverbs 17:6; Psalm 17:14; Job 20:28; Job 20:10; Job 18:19
- 9 Psalm 73:5; Job 9:34; Job 18:11; Psalm 73:19; Isaiah 57:19–21
- 10 Exodus 23:26; Ecclesiastes 9:1–2; Deuteronomy 28:11; Luke 12:16–21; Deuteronomy 7:13–14
- 11 Psalm 127:3–5; Psalm 107:41
- 12 Amos 6:4–6; Genesis 4:21; Isaiah 5:12; Genesis 31:27; Isaiah 22:13
- 13 Job 36:11; Psalm 73:4; Luke 12:19–20; Matthew 24:38–39; Luke 17:28–29
- 14 Job 22:17; Romans 8:7; Psalm 10:4; 2 Thessalonians 2:10–12; John 15:23–24
- 15 Exodus 5:2; Job 34:9; Malachi 1:13–14; Psalm 12:4; Isaiah 30:11
- 16 Job 22:18; Psalm 1:1; Proverbs 1:10; Psalm 52:5–7; Psalm 49:6–7
- 17 Job 18:5–6; Proverbs 20:20; Proverbs 13:9; Proverbs 24:20; Job 18:18
- 18 Psalm 1:4; Psalm 83:13; Job 13:25; Psalm 35:5; Isaiah 17:13
- 19 Exodus 20:5; Ezekiel 18:19–20; Jeremiah 31:29; Isaiah 53:4–6; Ezekiel 18:2
- 20 Isaiah 51:17; Revelation 14:10; Psalm 75:8; Job 27:19; Jeremiah 25:15–16
- 21 Job 14:5; Ecclesiastes 2:18–19; Psalm 102:24; Psalm 55:23; Luke 16:27–28
- 22 Romans 11:34; 1 Corinthians 2:16; Isaiah 40:13–14; Ecclesiastes 5:8; Job 40:2
- 23 Psalm 49:17; Luke 12:19–21; Job 20:22–23; Psalm 73:4–5
- 24 Proverbs 3:8; Psalm 17:10; Job 15:27
- 25 Ezekiel 4:16–17; Job 7:11; Job 20:23; 1 Kings 17:12; 2 Samuel 17:8
- 26 Isaiah 14:11; Ecclesiastes 9:2; Job 20:11; Job 3:18–19; Job 24:20
- 27 Luke 5:22; Psalm 119:86; 1 Peter 2:19; Job 42:7; Job 8:3–6
- 28 Job 8:22; Job 20:7; Psalm 52:5–6; Habakkuk 2:9–11; Numbers 16:26–34
- 29 Psalm 129:8
- 30 Proverbs 16:4; 2 Peter 2:9–17; 2 Peter 3:7; Job 20:28; Romans 2:5
- 31 Deuteronomy 7:10; Galatians 2:11; Romans 12:19; Jeremiah 2:33–35; James 2:13
- 32 Luke 16:22; Psalm 49:14; Ezekiel 32:21–32
- 33 Hebrews 9:27; Job 30:23; Job 24:24; Ecclesiastes 12:7; Job 17:16
- 34 Job 16:2; Job 32:3; Job 13:4; Job 42:7
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