Job 21 Berean Standard Bible
Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · About the recordings
BSB Berean Standard Bible
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
2 “Listen carefully to my words; let this be your consolation to me.
2 Oid atentamente mi palabra, y sea esto vuestros consuelos.
2 “Listen diligently to my speech. Let this be your consolation.
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.
3 Allow me, and I also will speak. After I have spoken, mock on.
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?
4 As for me, is my complaint to man? Why shouldn’t I be impatient?
5 Look at me and be appalled; put your hand over your mouth.
5 Miradme, y espantaos, y poned la mano sobre la boca.
5 Look at me, and be astonished. Lay your hand on your mouth.
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.
6 When I remember, I am troubled. Horror takes hold of my flesh.
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?
7 “Why do the wicked live, become old, yes, and grow mighty in power?
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.
8 Their child is established with them in their sight, their offspring before their eyes.
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.
9 Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
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.
10 Their bulls breed without fail. Their cows calve, and don’t miscarry.
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.
11 They send out their little ones like a flock. Their children dance.
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.
12 They sing to the tambourine and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.
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.
13 They spend their days in prosperity. In an instant they go down to Sheol.
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.
14 They tell God, ‘Depart from us, for we don’t want to know about your ways.
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?
15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What profit should we have, if we pray to him?’
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.
16 Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand. The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
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!
17 “How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out, that their calamity comes on them, that God distributes sorrows in his anger?
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.
18 How often is it that they are as stubble before the wind, as chaff that the storm carries away?
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.
19 You say, ‘God lays up his iniquity for his children.’ Let him recompense it to himself, that he may know it.
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.
20 Let his own eyes see his destruction. Let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
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?
21 For what does he care for his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off?
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?
22 “Shall any teach God knowledge, since he judges those who are high?
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.
23 One dies in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
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.
24 His pails are full of milk. The marrow of his bones is moistened.
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.
25 Another dies in bitterness of soul, and never tastes of good.
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.
26 They lie down alike in the dust. The worm covers them.
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.
27 “Behold, I know your thoughts, the plans with which you would wrong me.
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?
28 For you say, ‘Where is the house of the prince? Where is the tent in which the wicked lived?’
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,
29 Haven’t you asked wayfaring men? Don’t you know their evidences,
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.
30 that the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity, that they are led out to the day of wrath?
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?
31 Who will declare his way to his face? Who will repay him what he has done?
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.
32 Yet he will be borne to the grave. Men will keep watch over the tomb.
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.
33 The clods of the valley will be sweet to him. All men will draw after him, as there were innumerable before him.
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?
34 So how can you comfort me with nonsense, because in your answers there remains only falsehood?”
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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