Job · Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
Job 2 Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
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1 And it came to pass, when on a certain day the sons of God came, and stood before the Lord, and Satan came among them, and stood in his sight,
1 Y OTRO día aconteció que vinieron los hijos de Dios para presentarse delante de Jehová, y Satán vino también entre ellos pareciendo delante de Jehová.
1 Again, on the day when God’s sons came to present themselves before Yahweh, Satan came also among them to present himself before Yahweh.
2 That the Lord said to Satan: Whence comest thou? And he answered and said: I have gone round about the earth, and walked through it.
2 Y dijo Jehová á Satán: ¿De dónde vienes? Respondió Satán á Jehová, y dijo: De rodear la tierra, y de andar por ella.
2 Yahweh said to Satan, “Where have you come from?” Satan answered Yahweh, and said, “From going back and forth on the earth, and from walking up and down in it.”
3 And the Lord said to Satan: Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a man simple, and upright, and fearing God, and avoiding evil, and still keeping his innocence? But thou hast moved me against him, that I should afflict him without cause.
3 Y Jehová dijo á Satán: ¿No has considerado á mi siervo Job, que no hay otro como él en la tierra, varón perfecto y recto, temeroso de Dios y apartado de mal, y que aun retiene su perfección, habiéndome tú incitado contra él, para que lo arruinara sin causa?
3 Yahweh said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil. He still maintains his integrity, although you incited me against him, to ruin him without cause.”
4 And Satan answered, and said: Skin for skin, and all that a man hath he will give for his life:
4 Y respondiendo Satán dijo á Jehová: Piel por piel, todo lo que el hombre tiene dará por su vida.
4 Satan answered Yahweh, and said, “Skin for skin. Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.
5 But put forth thy hand, and touch his bone and his flesh, and then thou shalt gee that he will bless thee to thy face.
5 Mas extiende ahora tu mano, y toca á su hueso y á su carne, [y verás] si no te blasfema en tu rostro.
5 But stretch out your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce you to your face.”
6 And the Lord said to Satan: Behold be is in thy hand, but yet save his life.
6 Y Jehová dijo á Satán: He aquí, él está en tu mano; mas guarda su vida.
6 Yahweh said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand. Only spare his life.”
7 So Satan went forth from the presence Of the Lord, and struck Job with a very grievous ulcer, from the sole of the foot even to the top of his head:
7 Y salió Satán de delante de Jehová, é hirió á Job de una maligna sarna desde la planta de su pie hasta la mollera de su cabeza.
7 So Satan went out from the presence of Yahweh, and struck Job with painful sores from the sole of his foot to his head.
8 And he took a potsherd and scraped the corrupt matter, sitting on a dunghill.
8 Y tomaba una teja para rascarse con ella, y estaba sentado en medio de ceniza.
8 He took for himself a potsherd to scrape himself with, and he sat among the ashes.
9 And his wife said to him: Dost thou still continue in thy simplicity? bless God and die.
9 Díjole entonces su mujer: ¿Aun retienes tú tu simplicidad? Bendice á Dios, y muérete.
9 Then his wife said to him, “Do you still maintain your integrity? Renounce God, and die.”
10 And he said to her: Thou hast; spoken like one of the foolish women: if we have received good things at the hand of God, why should we not receive evil? In all these things Job did not sin with his lips.
10 Y él le dijo: Como suele hablar cualquiera de las mujeres fatuas, has hablado. También recibimos el bien de Dios, ¿y el mal no recibiremos? En todo esto no pecó Job con sus labios.
10 But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?” In all this Job didn’t sin with his lips.
11 Now when Job’s three friends heard all the evil that had befallen him, they came every one from his own place, Alphas the Themanite, and Baldad the Suhite, and Sophar the Naamathite. For they had made an appointment to come together and visit him, and comfort him.
11 Y tres amigos de Job, Eliphaz Temanita, y Bildad Suhita, y Sophar Naamathita, luego que oyeron todo este mal que le había sobrevenido, vinieron cada uno de su lugar; porque habían concertado de venir juntos á condolecerse de él, y á consolarle.
11 Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that had come on him, they each came from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize with him and to comfort him.
12 And when they had lifted up their eyes afar off, they knew him not, and crying out they wept, and rending their garments they sprinkled dust upon their heads towards heaven.
12 Los cuales alzando los ojos desde lejos, no lo conocieron, y lloraron á voz en grito; y cada uno de ellos rasgó su manto, y esparcieron polvo sobre sus cabezas hacia el cielo.
12 When they lifted up their eyes from a distance, and didn’t recognize him, they raised their voices, and wept; and they each tore his robe, and sprinkled dust on their heads toward the sky.
13 And they sat with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and no man spoke to him a word: for they saw that his grief was very great.
13 Así se sentaron con él en tierra por siete días y siete noches, y ninguno le hablaba palabra, porque veían que el dolor era muy grande.
13 So they sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief was very great.
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A blameless and upright man of the land of Uz who had seven sons and three daughters, lost his children and wealth and was afflicted, and was restored by the LORD with twice what…
Cited in the guide: Job 1:1; Job 1:8; Job 2:11
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- 1 Job 1:6; Hebrews 1:14; Luke 1:19
- 2 1 Peter 5:8; Job 1:7; John 14:30; 2 Corinthians 4:4; Genesis 16:8
- 3 Job 1:8; James 1:12; Job 27:5–6; Job 9:17; Proverbs 16:17
- 4 Philippians 3:8–10; Matthew 6:25; Matthew 16:26; Jeremiah 41:8; Esther 7:3–4
- 5 Job 1:11; Job 1:5; Leviticus 24:15; Job 19:20–21; Isaiah 8:21
- 6 1 Corinthians 10:13; Luke 22:31–32; Revelation 2:10; Job 1:12; Luke 8:29–33
- 7 Deuteronomy 28:35; Job 30:30; Isaiah 1:6; Job 7:5; Deuteronomy 28:27
- 8 Job 42:6; Jonah 3:6; Ezekiel 27:30; Matthew 11:21; Luke 16:20–21
- 9 Job 2:5; Job 2:3; 2 Kings 6:33; Malachi 3:14; 1 Kings 11:4
- 10 James 1:12; Lamentations 3:38–41; Job 1:21–22; Romans 12:12; James 5:10–11
- 11 Romans 12:15; Job 42:11; Job 6:14; Jeremiah 49:7; Genesis 25:2
- 12 Lamentations 2:10; Ezekiel 27:30; Joshua 7:6; Nehemiah 9:1; Job 1:20
- 13 Genesis 50:10; Nehemiah 1:4; Ezekiel 3:15; Isaiah 3:26; Job 4:2
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If we have received good from the hand of the Lord, shall we not bear the evil?"
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