Job 34 Darby Translation
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1 Moreover Elihu answered and said,
1 ADEMÁS respondió Eliú, y dijo:
2 Hear my words, ye wise [men]; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
2 Oid, sabios, mis palabras; y vosotros, doctos, estadme atentos.
3 For the ear trieth words, as the palate tasteth food.
3 Porque el oído prueba las palabras, como el paladar gusta para comer.
4 Let us choose for ourselves what is right; let us know among ourselves what is good!
4 Escojamos para nosotros el juicio, conozcamos entre nosotros cuál [sea] lo bueno:
5 For Job hath said, I am righteous, and God hath taken away my judgment:
5 Porque Job ha dicho: Yo soy justo, y Dios me ha quitado mi derecho.
6 Should I lie against my right? My wound is incurable without transgression.
6 ¿He de mentir yo contra mi razón? Mi saeta es gravosa sin [haber yo] prevaricado.
7 What man is like Job? he drinketh up scorning like water,
7 ¿Qué hombre hay como Job, que bebe el escarnio como agua?
8 And goeth in company with workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.
8 Y va en compañía con los que obran iniquidad, y anda con los hombres maliciosos.
9 For he hath said, It profiteth not a man if he delight himself in God.
9 Porque ha dicho: De nada servirá al hombre el conformar su voluntad con Dios.
10 Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: Far be wickedness from God, and wrong from the Almighty!
10 Por tanto, varones de seso, oidme: Lejos esté de Dios la impiedad, y del Omnipotente la iniquidad.
11 For a man's work will he render to him, and cause every one to find according to [his] way.
11 Porque él pagará al hombre según su obra, y él le hará hallar conforme á su camino.
12 Yea, surely, God acteth not wickedly, and the Almighty perverteth not judgment.
12 Sí, por cierto, Dios no hará injusticia, y el Omnipotente no pervertirá el derecho.
13 Who hath entrusted to him the earth? and who hath disposed the whole world?
13 ¿Quién visitó por él la tierra? ¿y quién puso en orden todo el mundo?
14 If he only thought of himself, [and] gathered unto him his spirit and his breath,
14 Si él pusiese sobre el [hombre] su corazón, y recogiese así su espíritu y su aliento,
15 All flesh would expire together, and man would return to the dust.
15 Toda carne perecería juntamente, y el hombre se tornaría en polvo.
16 If now [thou hast] understanding, hear this: give ear to the voice of my words!
16 Si pues [hay en ti] entendimiento, oye esto: escucha la voz de mis palabras.
17 Should he that hateth right indeed govern? and wilt thou condemn the All-just?
17 ¿Enseñorearáse el que aborrece juicio? ¿y condenarás tú al que es tan justo?
18 Shall one say to a king, Belial? to nobles, Wicked?
18 ¿Hase de decir al rey: Perverso; y á los príncipes: Impíos?
19 [How then to him] that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich man more than the poor? for they are all the work of his hands.
19 ¿[Cuánto menos á] aquel que no hace acepción de personas de príncipes, ni el rico es de él más respetado que el pobre? porque todos son obras de sus manos.
20 In a moment they die, even at midnight the people are convulsed and pass away; and the strong are taken away without hand.
20 En un momento morirán, y á media noche se alborotarán los pueblos, y pasarán, y sin mano será quitado el poderoso.
21 For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his steps.
21 Porque sus ojos están sobre los caminos del hombre, y ve todos sus pasos.
22 There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
22 No hay tinieblas ni sombra de muerte donde se encubran los que obran maldad.
23 For he doth not long consider a man, to bring him before God in judgment.
23 No carga pues él al hombre más [de lo justo], para que vaya con Dios á juicio.
24 He breaketh in pieces mighty men without inquiry, and setteth others in their stead;
24 El quebrantará á los fuertes sin pesquisa, y hará estar otros en su lugar.
25 Since he knoweth their actions; and he overthroweth [them] in the night, and they are crushed.
25 Por tanto él hará notorias las obras de ellos, cuando los trastornará en la noche, y serán quebrantados.
26 He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others,
26 Como á malos los herirá en lugar donde sean vistos:
27 Because they have turned back from him, and would consider none of his ways;
27 Por cuanto así se apartaron de él, y no consideraron todos sus caminos;
28 So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
28 Haciendo venir delante de él el clamor del pobre, y que oiga el clamor de los necesitados.
29 When he giveth quietness, who then will disturb? and when he hideth [his] face, who shall behold him? and this towards a nation, or towards a man alike;
29 Y si él diere reposo, ¿quién inquietará? si escondiere el rostro, ¿quién lo mirará? [Esto] sobre una nación, y lo mismo sobre un hombre;
30 That the ungodly man reign not, that the people be not ensnared.
30 Haciendo que no reine el hombre hipócrita para vejaciones del pueblo.
31 For hath he said unto God, I bear [chastisement], I will not offend;
31 De seguro conviene se diga á Dios: Llevado he ya [castigo], no [más] ofenderé:
32 What I see not, teach thou me; if I have done wrong, I will do so no more?
32 Enséñame tú lo que yo no veo: que si hice mal, no lo haré más.
33 Shall he recompense according to thy mind? for thou hast refused [his judgment]; for thou so choosest, and not I; speak then what thou knowest.
33 ¿[Ha de ser eso] según tu mente? El te retribuirá, ora rehuses, ora aceptes, y no yo: di si no, lo que tú sabes.
34 Men of understanding will say to me, and a wise man who heareth me:
34 Los hombres de seso dirán conmigo, y el hombre sabio me oirá:
35 Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were not with intelligence.
35 Que Job no habla con sabiduría, y que sus palabras no son con entendimiento.
36 Would that Job may be tried unto the end, because of [his] answers after the manner of evil men!
36 Deseo yo que Job sea probado ampliamente, á causa de sus respuestas por los hombres inicuos.
37 For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth [his hands] among us, and multiplieth his words against God.
37 Porque á su pecado añadió impiedad: bate las manos entre nosotros, y contra Dios multiplica sus palabras.
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Elihu
Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, who burned with anger against Job and his three friends and spoke after they fell silent.
Cited in the guide: Job 32:2; Job 32:6; Job 34:1
Cross references (36)
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- 2 1 Corinthians 14:20; Proverbs 1:5; 1 Corinthians 10:15
- 3 Job 12:11; 1 Corinthians 2:15; Hebrews 5:14; Job 33:2; Job 31:30
- 4 1 Thessalonians 5:21; Galatians 2:11–14; 1 Corinthians 6:2–5; Judges 20:7; Judges 19:30
- 5 Job 27:2; Job 33:9; Job 32:1; Job 16:17; Job 9:17
- 6 Job 6:4; Job 16:13; Job 27:4–6
- 7 Job 15:16; Deuteronomy 29:19; Proverbs 1:22; Proverbs 4:17
- 8 Psalm 1:1; 1 Corinthians 15:33; Proverbs 13:20; Psalm 26:4; Psalm 50:18
- 9 Job 21:14–16; Job 35:3; Malachi 3:14; Job 9:22–23; Psalm 37:4
- 10 Romans 9:14; Deuteronomy 32:4; 2 Chronicles 19:7; Job 8:3; James 1:13
- 11 2 Corinthians 5:10; Romans 2:6; Revelation 22:12; Psalm 62:12; Matthew 16:27
- 12 Job 8:3; Psalm 145:17; Psalm 11:7; Habakkuk 1:12–13
- 13 1 Chronicles 29:11; Isaiah 40:13–14; Romans 11:34–36; Job 36:23; Job 40:8–11
- 14 Psalm 104:29; Job 9:4; Job 7:17; Isaiah 24:22
- 15 Genesis 3:19; Ecclesiastes 12:7; Isaiah 57:16; Psalm 90:3–10; Job 30:23
- 16 Job 13:2–6; Job 12:3
- 17 Genesis 18:25; Romans 9:14; Job 40:8; 2 Samuel 23:3; Romans 3:5–7
- 18 Exodus 22:28; Proverbs 17:26; Romans 13:7; Acts 23:3; Jude 8
- 19 Deuteronomy 10:17; James 2:5; Acts 10:34; Romans 2:11; Colossians 3:25
- 20 Psalm 73:19; Isaiah 30:30–33; 1 Samuel 25:37–39; Luke 12:20; Isaiah 30:13
- 21 Proverbs 15:3; Job 31:4; Proverbs 5:21; Jeremiah 16:17; Jeremiah 32:19
- 22 Hebrews 4:13; Amos 9:2–3; Proverbs 10:29; Psalm 139:11–12; Jeremiah 23:24
- 23 Daniel 9:7–9; Psalm 119:137; Ezra 9:13; Romans 9:20; Job 11:11
- 24 Psalm 113:7–8; Daniel 2:21; Psalm 72:4; Psalm 94:5; Psalm 2:9
- 25 Job 34:20; Hosea 7:2; Psalm 33:15; 1 Thessalonians 5:2; Isaiah 66:18
- 26 Psalm 58:10–11; Deuteronomy 13:9–11; 1 Timothy 5:20; 2 Samuel 12:11–12; Revelation 18:20
- 27 1 Samuel 15:11; Psalm 28:5; Isaiah 5:12; Hebrews 10:39; Luke 17:31–32
- 28 James 5:4; Exodus 3:7; Job 35:9; Exodus 3:9; Psalm 12:5
- 29 Job 23:13; John 14:27; Isaiah 26:3; Psalm 27:9; Romans 8:31–34
- 30 Proverbs 29:2–12; Psalm 12:8; Revelation 13:3–4; 2 Thessalonians 2:4–11; Job 34:21
- 31 Job 33:27; Micah 7:9; Ezra 9:13–14; Nehemiah 9:33–38; Leviticus 26:41
- 32 Psalm 32:8; Psalm 25:4–5; Psalm 19:12; Psalm 139:23–24; Psalm 143:8–10
- 33 Job 33:32; Job 34:11; Proverbs 11:31; Psalm 135:6; Isaiah 45:9
- 34 Job 34:10; Job 34:4; Job 34:2; 1 Corinthians 10:15; Job 34:16
- 35 Job 35:16; Job 38:2; Job 13:2; Job 15:2; Job 42:3
- 36 James 5:11; Job 21:7; Job 24:1; Psalm 17:3; Job 34:8–9
- 37 Job 27:23; Isaiah 1:19–20; 1 Samuel 15:23; Job 11:2–3; Job 8:2–3
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