Job · Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
Job 15 Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
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1 And Eliphaz the Themanite, answered, and said:
1 Y RESPONDIÓ Eliphaz Temanita, y dijo:
2 Will a wise man answer as if he were speaking in the wind, and fill his stomach with burning heat?
2 ¿Si proferirá el sabio vana sabiduría, y henchirá su vientre de viento solano?
3 Thou reprovest him by words, who is not equal to thee, and thou speakest that which is not good for thee.
3 ¿Disputará con palabras inútiles, y con razones sin provecho?
4 As much as is in thee, thou hast made void fear, and hast taken away prayers from before God.
4 Tú también disipas el temor, y menoscabas la oración delante de Dios.
5 For thy iniquity hath taught thy mouth, and thou imitatest the tongue of blasphemers.
5 Porque tu boca declaró tu iniquidad, pues has escogido el hablar de los astutos.
6 Thy own mouth shall condemn thee, and not I: and thy own lips shall answer thee.
6 Tu boca te condenará, y no yo; y tus labios testificarán contra ti.
7 Art thou the first man that was born, or wast thou made before the hills?
7 ¿Naciste tú primero que Adam? ¿ó fuiste formado antes que los collados?
8 Hast thou heard God’s counsel, and shall his wisdom be inferior to thee?
8 ¿Oíste tú el secreto de Dios, que detienes en ti solo la sabiduría?
9 What knowest thou that we are ignorant of? what dost thou understand that we know not?
9 ¿Qué sabes tú que no sepamos? ¿qué entiendes que no se halle en nosotros?
10 There are with us also aged and ancient men, much elder than thy fathers.
10 Entre nosotros también hay cano, también hay viejo mucho mayor en días que tu padre.
11 Is it a great matter that God should comfort thee? but thy wicked words hinder this.
11 ¿En tan poco tienes las consolaciones de Dios? ¿tienes acaso alguna cosa oculta cerca de ti?
12 Why doth thy heart elevate thee, and why dost thou stare with thy eyes, as if they were thinking great things?
12 ¿Por qué te enajena tu corazón, y por qué guiñan tus ojos,
13 Why doth thy spirit swell against God, to utter such words out of thy mouth?
13 Pues haces frente á Dios con tu espíritu, y sacas [tales] palabras de tu boca?
14 What is man that he should be without spot, and he that is born of a woman that he should appear just?
14 ¿Qué cosa es el hombre para que sea limpio, y que se justifique el nacido de mujer?
15 Behold among his saints none is unchangeable, and the heavens are not pure in his sight.
15 He aquí que en sus santos no confía, y ni los cielos son limpios delante de sus ojos:
16 How much more is man abominable, and unprofitable, who drinketh iniquity like water?
16 ¿Cuánto menos el hombre abominable y vil, que bebe la iniquidad como agua?
17 I will shew thee, hear me: and I will tell thee what I have seen.
17 Escúchame; yo te mostraré y te contaré lo que he visto:
18 Wise men confess and hide not their fathers.
18 (Lo que los sabios nos contaron de sus padres, y no lo encubrieron;
19 To whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger hath passed among them.
19 A los cuales solos fué dada la tierra, y no pasó extraño por medio de ellos:)
20 The wicked man is proud all his days, and the number of the years of his tyranny is uncertain.
20 Todos los días del impío, él es atormentado de dolor, y el número de años es escondido al violento.
21 The sound of dread is always in his ears: and when there is peace, he always suspecteth treason.
21 Estruendos espantosos hay en sus oídos; en la paz le vendrá quien lo asuele.
22 He believeth not that he may return from darkness to light, looking round about for the sword on every side.
22 El no creerá que ha de volver de las tinieblas, y está mirando al cuchillo.
23 When he moveth himself to seek bread, he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
23 Desasosegado á comer siempre, sabe que le está aparejado día de tinieblas.
24 Tribulation shall terrify him, and distress shall surround him, as a king that is prepared for the battle.
24 Tribulación y angustia le asombrarán, y esforzaránse contra él como un rey apercibido para la batalla.
25 For he hath stretched out his hand against God, and hath strengthened himself against the Almighty.
25 Por cuanto él extendió su mano contra Dios, y se esforzó contra el Todopoderoso,
26 He hath run against him with his neck raised up, and is armed with a fat neck.
26 El le acometerá en la cerviz, en lo grueso de las hombreras de sus escudos:
27 Fatness hath covered his face, and the fat hangeth down on his sides.
27 Porque cubrió su rostro con su gordura, é hizo pliegues sobre los ijares;
28 He hath dwelt in desolate cities, and in desert houses that are reduced into heaps.
28 Y habitó las ciudades asoladas, las casas inhabitadas, que estaban puestas en montones.
29 He shall not be enriched, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he push his root in the earth.
29 No enriquecerá, ni será firme su potencia, ni extenderá por la tierra su hermosura.
30 He shall not depart out of darkness: the flame shall dry up his branches, and he shall be taken away by the breath of his own month.
30 No se escapará de las tinieblas: la llama secará sus ramos, y con el aliento de su boca perecerá.
31 He shall not believe, being vainly deceived by error, that he may be redeemed with any price.
31 No confíe el iluso en la vanidad; porque ella será su recompensa.
32 Before his days be full he shall perish: and his hands shall wither away.
32 El será cortado antes de su tiempo, y sus renuevos no reverdecerán.
33 He shall be blasted as a vine when its grapes are in the first flower, and as an olive tree that casteth its flower.
33 El perderá su agraz como la vid, y derramará su flor como la oliva.
34 For the congregation of the hypocrite is barren, and fire shall devour their tabernacles, who love to take bribes.
34 Porque la sociedad de los hipócritas será asolada, y fuego consumirá las tiendas de soborno.
35 He hath conceived sorrow, and hath brought forth iniquity, and his womb prepareth deceits.
35 Concibieron dolor, y parieron iniquidad; y las entrañas de ellos meditan engaño.
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Eliphaz the Temanite
One of Job's three friends who came to sympathize and comfort him, and whom the LORD rebuked at the end of the book for not speaking rightly of Him.
Cited in the guide: Job 2:11; Job 4:1; Job 15:1
Cross references (35)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Job 2:11; Job 42:7; Job 4:1; Job 42:9; Job 22:1
- 2 Job 6:26; Job 8:2; Hosea 12:1; Job 11:2–3; James 3:13
- 3 Matthew 12:36–37; Colossians 4:6; Malachi 3:13–15; Job 26:1–3; 1 Timothy 6:4–5
- 4 Romans 3:31; Psalm 36:1–3; Job 6:14; 1 Chronicles 10:13–14; Galatians 2:21
- 5 Jeremiah 9:3–5; James 1:26; Luke 6:45; Psalm 52:2–4; Jeremiah 9:8
- 6 Luke 19:22; Matthew 12:37; Job 9:20; Job 40:8; Job 34:5–9
- 7 Psalm 90:2; Job 38:4–41; Job 12:12; Proverbs 8:22–25; Genesis 4:1
- 8 Romans 11:34; Jeremiah 23:18; 1 Corinthians 2:16; Psalm 25:14; Matthew 11:25
- 9 Job 13:2; 2 Corinthians 11:5; 2 Corinthians 10:7; Job 26:3–4; Job 12:3
- 10 Job 32:6–7; Job 12:12; Job 8:8–10; Deuteronomy 32:7; Proverbs 16:31
- 11 2 Corinthians 1:3–5; Job 13:2; Job 5:8–26; 1 Kings 22:24; 2 Corinthians 7:6
- 12 Psalm 35:19; Mark 7:21–22; Job 17:2; Job 11:13; James 1:14–15
- 13 James 3:2–6; Job 15:25–27; Psalm 34:13; Job 12:6; Malachi 3:13
- 14 Ecclesiastes 7:20; Job 14:4; Proverbs 20:9; Romans 7:18; Job 25:4–6
- 15 Job 25:5; Job 4:18; Isaiah 6:2–5; Job 5:1
- 16 Proverbs 19:28; Job 34:7; Romans 3:9–19; Titus 3:3; Psalm 53:3
- 17 Job 33:1; Job 13:5–6; Job 5:27; Job 34:2; Job 36:2
- 18 Job 8:8; Psalm 71:18; Isaiah 38:19; Psalm 78:3–6; Job 15:10
- 19 Joel 3:17; Deuteronomy 32:8; Genesis 10:25; Genesis 10:32
- 20 James 5:1–6; Job 27:13; Job 24:1; Luke 12:19–21; Psalm 90:12
- 21 Job 18:11; 1 Thessalonians 5:3; Leviticus 26:36; 1 Corinthians 10:10; Job 1:13–19
- 22 Job 20:24–25; Job 27:14; Isaiah 8:21–22; Matthew 27:5; Job 19:29
- 23 Job 18:12; Psalm 109:10; Psalm 59:15; Amos 5:20; Ecclesiastes 11:8
- 24 Proverbs 6:11; Proverbs 24:34; Romans 2:9; Job 6:2–4; Psalm 119:143
- 25 Psalm 52:7; Job 9:4; Daniel 5:23; Psalm 73:9; Malachi 3:13
- 26 2 Chronicles 32:13–17; 2 Chronicles 28:22; Genesis 49:8; Psalm 18:40; Job 16:12
- 27 Psalm 17:10; Psalm 73:7; Jeremiah 5:28; Isaiah 6:10; Deuteronomy 32:15
- 28 Job 3:14; Jeremiah 51:37; Micah 7:18; Jeremiah 26:18; Jeremiah 9:11
- 29 Job 27:16–17; James 1:11; Luke 12:19–21; Psalm 49:16–17; Luke 16:19–22
- 30 Job 4:9; Job 15:22; Job 18:5–6; Job 20:26; Matthew 25:41
- 31 Isaiah 59:4; Galatians 6:3; Psalm 62:10; Galatians 6:7–8; Hosea 8:7
- 32 Ecclesiastes 7:17; Psalm 55:23; Job 22:16; Hosea 9:16; Isaiah 27:11
- 33 Deuteronomy 28:39–40; Isaiah 33:9; Revelation 6:13
- 34 Job 8:13; Job 27:8; Micah 7:2; Job 8:22; Matthew 24:51
- 35 Psalm 7:14; Hosea 10:13; Isaiah 59:4–5; James 1:15; Galatians 6:7–8
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