Job 42 Berean Standard Bible
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2 “I know that You can do all things and that no plan of Yours can be thwarted.
2 Yo conozco que todo lo puedes, y que no hay pensamiento que se esconda de ti.
2 “I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be restrained.
3 You asked, ‘Who is this who conceals My counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.
3 ¿Quién es el que oscurece el consejo sin ciencia? por tanto yo denunciaba lo que no entendía; cosas que me eran ocultas, y que no las sabía.
3 You asked, ‘Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?’ therefore I have uttered that which I didn’t understand, things too wonderful for me, which I didn’t know.
4 You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak. I will question you, and you shall inform Me.’
4 Oye, te ruego, y hablaré: te preguntaré, y tú me enseñarás.
4 You said, ‘Listen, now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you will answer me.’
5 My ears had heard of You, but now my eyes have seen You.
5 De oídas te había oído; mas ahora mis ojos te ven.
5 I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you.
6 Therefore I retract my words, and I repent in dust and ashes.”
6 Por tanto [me] aborrezco, y me arrepiento en el polvo y en la ceniza.
6 Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.”
7 After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you and your two friends. For you have not spoken about Me accurately, as My servant Job has.
7 Y aconteció que después que habló Jehová estas palabras á Job, Jehová dijo á Eliphaz Temanita: Mi ira se encendió contra ti y tus dos compañeros: porque no habéis hablado por mí lo recto, como mi siervo Job.
7 It was so, that after Yahweh had spoken these words to Job, Yahweh said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you, and against your two friends; for you have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job has.
8 So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken accurately about Me, as My servant Job has.”
8 Ahora pues, tomaos siete becerros y siete carneros, y andad á mi siervo Job, y ofreced holocausto por vosotros, y mi siervo Job orará por vosotros; porque de cierto á él atenderé para no trataros afrentosamente, por cuanto no habéis hablado por mí con rectitud, como mi siervo Job.
8 Now therefore, take to yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you, for I will accept him, that I not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job has.”
9 So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the LORD had told them; and the LORD accepted Job’s request.
9 Fueron pues Eliphaz Temanita, y Bildad Suhita, y Sophar Naamatita, é hicieron como Jehová les dijo: y Jehová atendió á Job.
9 So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went and did what Yahweh commanded them, and Yahweh accepted Job.
10 After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his prosperity and doubled his former possessions.
10 Y mudó Jehová la aflicción de Job, orando él por sus amigos: y aumentó al doble todas las cosas que habían sido de Job.
10 Yahweh restored Job’s prosperity when he prayed for his friends. Yahweh gave Job twice as much as he had before.
11 All his brothers and sisters and prior acquaintances came and dined with him in his house. They consoled him and comforted him over all the adversity that the LORD had brought upon him. And each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring.
11 Y vinieron á él todos sus hermanos, y todas sus hermanas, y todos los que antes le habían conocido, y comieron con él pan en su casa, y condoliéronse de él, y consoláronle de todo aquel mal que sobre él había Jehová traído; y cada uno de ellos le dió una pieza de moneda, y un zarcillo de oro.
11 Then all his brothers, all his sisters, and all those who had been of his acquaintance before, came to him and ate bread with him in his house. They comforted him, and consoled him concerning all the evil that Yahweh had brought on him. Everyone also gave him a piece of money, and everyone a ring of gold.
12 So the LORD blessed Job’s latter days more than his first. He owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.
12 Y bendijo Jehová la postrimería de Job más que su principio; porque tuvo catorce mil ovejas, y seis mil camellos, y mil yuntas de bueyes, y mil asnas.
12 So Yahweh blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand female donkeys.
13 And he also had seven sons and three daughters.
13 Y tuvo siete hijos y tres hijas.
13 He had also seven sons and three daughters.
14 He named his first daughter Jemimah, his second Keziah, and his third Keren-happuch.
14 Y llamó el nombre de la una, Jemimah, y el nombre de la segunda, Cesiah, y el nombre de la tercera, Keren-happuch.
14 He called the name of the first, Jemimah; and the name of the second, Keziah; and the name of the third, Keren Happuch.
15 No women as beautiful as Job’s daughters could be found in all the land, and their father granted them an inheritance among their brothers.
15 Y no se hallaron mujeres tan hermosas como las hijas de Job en toda la tierra: y dióles su padre herencia entre sus hermanos.
15 In all the land were no women found so beautiful as the daughters of Job. Their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers.
16 After this, Job lived 140 years and saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.
16 Y después de esto vivió Job ciento y cuarenta años, y vió á sus hijos, y á los hijos de sus hijos, hasta la cuarta generación.
16 After this Job lived one hundred forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, to four generations.
17 And so Job died, old and full of years.
17 Murió pues Job viejo, y lleno de días.
17 So Job died, being old and full of days.
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Jemimah
The first of the three daughters born to Job after his restoration, who received an inheritance among her brothers.
Cited in the guide: Job 42:14
Keren-happuch
The third of the three daughters born to Job after his restoration, who received an inheritance among her brothers.
Cited in the guide: Job 42:14
Keziah
The second of the three daughters born to Job after his restoration, who received an inheritance among her brothers.
Cited in the guide: Job 42:14
Cross references (15)
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- 2 Matthew 19:26; Mark 10:27; Genesis 18:14; Hebrews 4:12–13; Jeremiah 32:17
- 3 Psalm 131:1; Job 38:2; Psalm 139:6; Psalm 40:5; Proverbs 30:2–4
- 4 Job 40:7; Job 38:3; Genesis 18:30–32; Genesis 18:27
- 5 Ephesians 1:17–18; Romans 10:17; John 12:45; Isaiah 6:5; Isaiah 6:1
- 6 Ezra 9:6; 1 Timothy 1:13–16; James 4:7–10; Job 40:3–4; Daniel 9:3
- 7 Job 32:2–3; Job 11:5–6; Job 32:5; Job 2:11; Psalm 51:4
- 8 Numbers 23:1; James 5:16; Psalm 103:10; Genesis 20:17; 1 Chronicles 15:26
- 9 Hebrews 11:8; Acts 9:6; Ecclesiastes 9:7; Proverbs 3:11–12; Matthew 7:24
- 10 Deuteronomy 30:3; Job 8:6–7; Proverbs 22:4; Isaiah 40:2; Isaiah 61:7
- 11 Job 2:11; Job 19:13–14; Genesis 24:22; Proverbs 16:7; Hebrews 12:12
- 12 Job 8:7; Ecclesiastes 7:8; Proverbs 10:22; Genesis 24:35; Psalm 144:13–15
- 13 Job 1:2; Psalm 127:3; Psalm 107:41; Isaiah 49:20
- 15 Numbers 27:7; Psalm 144:12; Joshua 18:4; Acts 7:20; Joshua 15:18–19
- 16 Proverbs 17:6; Genesis 50:23; Psalm 128:6; Genesis 25:7; Genesis 47:28
- 17 Genesis 25:8; Genesis 15:15; Job 5:26; Psalm 91:16; Deuteronomy 6:2
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