Job 22 Free Bible Version
Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · About the recordings
1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite responded and said,
1 Y RESPONDIÓ Eliphaz Temanita, y dijo:
2 “How can anyone be of help to God? Even wise people are only helpful to themselves.
2 ¿Traerá el hombre provecho á Dios, porque el sabio sea provechoso á sí mismo?
3 Is it any benefit to the Almighty if you're a good person? What does he gain if you do what's right?
3 ¿Tiene su contentamiento el Omnipotente en que tú seas justificado, ó provecho de que tú hagas perfectos tus caminos?
4 Does he correct you and bring charges against you because of your reverence?
4 ¿Castigaráte acaso, ó vendrá contigo á juicio porque te teme?
5 No: it's because you're so wicked! Your sins are never-ending!
5 Por cierto tu malicia es grande, y tus maldades no tienen fin.
6 For no reason at all you took your brother's clothing as a security for a debt, and left them stripped naked.
6 Porque sacaste prenda á tus hermanos sin causa, é hiciste desnudar las ropas de los desnudos.
7 You refused water to the thirsty; you denied food to the hungry.
7 No diste de beber agua al cansado, y detuviste el pan al hambriento.
8 Is it because the land belongs to the powerful, and only the privileged have a right to live there?
8 Empero el hombre pudiente tuvo la tierra; y habitó en ella el distinguido.
9 You have sent widows away empty-handed; you have crushed the outstretched arms of orphans, begging for help.
9 Las viudas enviaste vacías, y los brazos de los huérfanos fueron quebrados.
10 That's why you're surrounded by traps to catch you, and why you suddenly panic in terror.
10 Por tanto hay lazos alrededor de ti, y te turba espanto repentino;
11 That's why it's so dark you cannot see, and why you feel like you're drowning.
11 O tinieblas, porque no veas; y abundancia de agua te cubre.
12 Doesn't God live high in heaven and looks down on even the highest stars?
12 ¿No está Dios en la altura de los cielos? Mira lo encumbrado de las estrellas, cuán elevadas están.
13 But you ask, ‘What does God know? How can he see and judge what happens down here in darkness?
13 ¿Y dirás tú: Qué sabe Dios? ¿cómo juzgará por medio de la oscuridad?
14 Thick clouds cover him so he can't see anything as he walks around in heaven.’
14 Las nubes son su escondedero, y no ve; y por el circuito del cielo se pasea.
15 Why do you insist on following the traditional thinking of the wicked?
15 ¿Quieres tú guardar la senda antigua, que pisaron los hombres perversos?
16 They were taken before their time; all they had built was washed away.
16 Los cuales fueron cortados antes de tiempo, cuyo fundamento fué como un río derramado:
17 They had told God, ‘Get lost! What can the Almighty do to us?’
17 Que decían á Dios: Apártate de nosotros. ¿Y qué les había hecho el Omnipotente?
18 And yet he was the one who had filled their homes with good things—but I don't accept their way of thinking.
18 Habíales él henchido sus casas de bienes. Sea empero el consejo de ellos lejos de mí.
19 Those who do right rejoice when they see the destruction of the wicked, and the innocent mock them,
19 Verán los justos y se gozarán; y el inocente los escarnecerá, [diciendo]:
20 saying, ‘Our enemies are destroyed, and fire has burned up all that's left of them.’
20 Fué cortada nuestra sustancia, habiendo consumido el fuego el resto de ellos.
21 Come back to God and be reconciled to him, and you'll be prosperous again.
21 Amístate ahora con él, y tendrás paz; y por ello te vendrá bien.
22 Listen to what he tells you and keep his words in mind.
22 Toma ahora la ley de su boca, y pon sus palabras en tu corazón.
23 If you return to God you will be restored. If you renounce your sinful life
23 Si te tornares al Omnipotente, serás edificado; alejarás de tu tienda la aflicción;
24 and give up your love of money and desire for possessions,
24 Y tendrás más oro que tierra, y como piedras de arroyos oro de Ophir;
25 then the Almighty will be your gold and your precious silver.
25 Y el Todopoderoso será tu defensa, y tendrás plata á montones.
26 Then you will find delight in the Almighty, and be able to face him without feeling ashamed.
26 Porque entonces te deleitarás en el Omnipotente, y alzarás á Dios tu rostro.
27 You will pray to him, and he will hear you, and you will keep your promises to him.
27 Orarás á él, y él te oirá; y tú pagarás tus votos.
28 Whatever you decide to do will be successful, and wherever you go, light will shine on you.
28 Determinarás asimismo una cosa, y serte ha firme; y sobre tus caminos resplandecerá luz.
29 When others are humbled, and you say, ‘please help them,’ God will save them.
29 Cuando fueren abatidos, dirás tú: Ensalzamiento [habrá]: y [Dios] salvará al humilde de ojos.
30 God saves those who are innocent, and you will be saved if you do what is right.”
30 El libertará la isla del inocente; y por la limpieza de tus manos será librada.
Cross references (29)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 2 Luke 17:10; Galatians 6:7–8; Job 35:6–8; Psalm 16:2; Proverbs 3:13–18
- 3 Proverbs 15:8; 2 Corinthians 7:1; Proverbs 12:22; Proverbs 11:1; Psalm 147:10–11
- 4 Job 14:3; Psalm 143:2; Isaiah 3:14–15; Revelation 3:19; Psalm 39:11
- 5 Job 15:5–6; Psalm 40:12; Job 21:27; Job 11:14; Psalm 19:12
- 6 Exodus 22:26; Ezekiel 18:12; Ezekiel 18:16; Deuteronomy 24:10–18; Job 24:3
- 7 Job 31:17; Isaiah 58:7; Matthew 25:42; Ezekiel 18:16; Ezekiel 18:7
- 8 Isaiah 9:15; Job 31:34; Psalm 12:8; Job 29:7–17; Micah 7:3
- 9 Job 24:21; Ezekiel 22:7; Job 24:3; Isaiah 10:2; Job 31:21
- 10 Job 13:21; Job 6:4; Job 18:8–10; 1 Thessalonians 5:3; Psalm 11:6
- 11 Psalm 69:1–2; Lamentations 3:54; Jonah 2:3; Lamentations 3:2; Job 38:34
- 12 Isaiah 66:1; Ecclesiastes 5:2; Job 11:8; Psalm 8:3–4; Isaiah 57:15
- 13 Ezekiel 8:12; Psalm 10:11; Ezekiel 9:9; Psalm 73:11; Psalm 94:7–9
- 14 Psalm 97:2; Psalm 139:11–12; Psalm 33:14; Job 34:22; Jeremiah 23:24
- 15 Luke 17:26–27; Genesis 6:11–13; Genesis 6:5
- 16 Job 15:32; Genesis 7:17–24; Matthew 24:37–39; 2 Peter 2:5; Psalm 55:23
- 17 Job 21:14–15; Romans 1:28; Psalm 4:6; Matthew 8:29; Isaiah 30:11
- 18 Job 21:16; Job 12:6; 1 Samuel 2:7; Jeremiah 12:2; Psalm 17:14
- 19 Psalm 58:10; Psalm 107:42; Psalm 52:6; Psalm 97:8; Revelation 18:20
- 20 Job 1:16; Genesis 19:24; 2 Peter 2:6–7; Job 20:26; Job 15:5–6
- 21 1 Chronicles 28:9; Isaiah 27:5; Philippians 4:7; Psalm 34:10; Ephesians 2:14–17
- 22 Psalm 119:11; Job 23:12; Deuteronomy 6:6–9; Deuteronomy 4:1–2; Jeremiah 15:16
- 23 Job 11:13–14; Zechariah 1:3; Job 8:5–6; Isaiah 55:6–7; Hosea 14:1–2
- 24 1 Kings 9:28; Isaiah 13:12; Psalm 45:9; Genesis 10:29; 2 Chronicles 9:10
- 25 Isaiah 33:6; Psalm 16:5–6; Genesis 15:1; Psalm 18:2; Psalm 84:11
- 26 Isaiah 58:14; Psalm 37:4; Job 27:10; Job 11:15; Romans 7:22
- 27 Isaiah 58:9; 1 John 5:14–15; Psalm 116:1; Psalm 91:15; Psalm 50:14–15
- 28 Matthew 21:22; Psalm 90:17; Psalm 20:4; Isaiah 30:21; Proverbs 4:18
- 29 Job 5:19–27; James 4:6; Luke 1:52; 1 Peter 5:5; Matthew 23:12
- 30 Job 42:7–8; James 5:15–16; Genesis 18:26–32; Psalm 18:20; Acts 27:24
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences