Job 24 Free Bible Version
Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · About the recordings
1 “Why doesn't the Almighty set a definite time to punish the wicked? Why do those who follow him never see him act in judgment?
1 PUESTO que no son ocultos los tiempos al Todopoderoso, ¿por qué los que le conocen no ven sus días?
2 The wicked move boundary stones; they seize other people's flocks and move them to their own pastures.
2 Traspasan los términos, roban los ganados, y apaciéntanlos.
3 They steal the orphan's donkey; they take the widow's ox as security for a debt.
3 Llévanse el asno de los huérfanos; prenden el buey de la viuda.
4 They push the poor out of their way; the destitute are forced to hide from them.
4 Hacen apartar del camino á los menesterosos: y todos los pobres de la tierra se esconden.
5 Like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor have to scavenge for their food, looking for anything to feed their children in the wasteland.
5 He aquí, como asnos monteses en el desierto, salen á su obra madrugando para robar; el desierto es mantenimiento de sus hijos.
6 They are forced to find what they can in other people's fields, to glean among the vineyards of the wicked.
6 En el campo siegan su pasto, y los impíos vendimian la viña [ajena].
7 They spend the night naked because they have no clothes; they have nothing to cover themselves against the cold.
7 Al desnudo hacen dormir sin ropa, y que en el frío no tenga cobertura.
8 They are soaked by the cold mountain storms, and huddle beside the rocks for shelter.
8 Con las avenidas de los montes se mojan, y abrazan las peñas sin tener abrigo.
9 Fatherless children are snatched from their mother's breasts, taking the babies of the poor as security for a debt.
9 Quitan el pecho á los huérfanos, y de sobre el pobre toman la prenda.
10 Because they have no clothes to wear they have to go naked, harvesting sheaves of grain while they themselves are hungry.
10 Al desnudo hacen andar sin vestido, y á los hambrientos quitan los hacecillos.
11 In the olive groves they work to produce oil, but do not taste it; they tread the winepress, but are thirsty.
11 De dentro de sus paredes exprimen el aceite, pisan los lagares, y mueren de sed.
12 In the city the dying groan, and the wounded cry for help, but God ignores their prayers.
12 De la ciudad gimen los hombres, y claman las almas de los heridos de muerte: mas Dios no puso estorbo.
13 These are people who rebel against the light. They do not want to know its ways, or to stay on its paths.
13 Ellos son los que, rebeldes á la luz, nunca conocieron sus caminos, ni estuvieron en sus veredas.
14 The murderer gets up at dawn to kill the poor and needy, and when night falls he becomes a thief.
14 A la luz se levanta el matador, mata al pobre y al necesitado, y de noche es como ladrón.
15 The adulterer waits for dusk, saying to himself, ‘No one will see me now,’ and he covers his face.
15 El ojo del adúltero está aguardando la noche, diciendo: No me verá nadie: y esconde su rostro.
16 Thieves break into houses during the night and they sleep during the day. They don't even know what the light is like!
16 En las tinieblas minan las casas, que de día para sí señalaron; no conocen la luz.
17 Total darkness is like light to them, for they are familiar with the night.
17 Porque la mañana es á todos ellos como sombra de muerte; si son conocidos, terrores de sombra de muerte [los toman].
18 Like bubbles on the surface of a river they are quickly carried away. The land they own is cursed by God. They don't enter their own vineyards.
18 Son instables más que la superficie de las aguas; su porción es maldita en la tierra; no andarán por el camino de las viñas.
19 Just as heat and drought dry up snowmelt, so Sheol takes away those who have sinned.
19 La sequía y el calor arrebatan las aguas de la nieve; y el sepulcro á los pecadores.
20 Even their mothers forget them, maggots feast on them, they are no longer remembered, and their wickedness becomes like a tree that is broken into pieces.
20 Olvidaráse de ellos el seno materno; de ellos sentirán los gusanos dulzura; nunca más habrá de ellos memoria, y como un árbol serán los impíos quebrantados.
21 They mistreat childless women and are mean to widows.
21 A la mujer estéril que no paría, afligió; y á la viuda nunca hizo bien.
22 God prolongs the life of the wicked by his power; but when they arise, they have no assurance of life.
22 Mas á los fuertes adelantó con su poder: levantóse, y no se da por segura la vida.
23 He supports them and gives them security, but he is always watching what they're doing.
23 Le dieron á crédito, y se afirmó: sus ojos están sobre los caminos de ellos.
24 Though they may be illustrious for a while, soon they are gone. They are brought down like all others, cut off like the heads of grain.
24 Fueron ensalzados por un poco, mas desaparecen, y son abatidos como cada cual: serán encerrados, y cortados como cabezas de espigas.
25 If this isn't so, who can prove I'm a liar and there's nothing to what I say?”
25 Y si no, ¿quién me desmentirá ahora, ó reducirá á nada mis palabras?
Cross references (25)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Acts 1:7; Ecclesiastes 3:17; 2 Peter 3:7–8; Ecclesiastes 8:6–7; Psalm 36:10
- 2 Deuteronomy 19:14; Deuteronomy 27:17; Proverbs 23:10; Proverbs 22:28; Hosea 5:10
- 3 Deuteronomy 24:6; Job 22:6–9; Job 31:16–17; Deuteronomy 24:17–21; Deuteronomy 24:10–13
- 4 Proverbs 28:28; Job 24:14; Ezekiel 22:29; Amos 2:7; James 5:4–6
- 5 Micah 2:1; Psalm 104:23; Job 5:5; Job 39:5–7; Acts 23:12
- 6 Micah 6:15; Judges 6:3–6; Deuteronomy 28:33; Deuteronomy 28:51
- 7 Exodus 22:26–27; Job 22:6; Deuteronomy 24:11–13; Job 24:10; Proverbs 31:21
- 8 Lamentations 4:5; Hebrews 11:38; Song of Songs 5:2
- 9 Nehemiah 5:5; 2 Kings 4:1
- 10 Amos 2:7–8; Deuteronomy 24:19; Amos 5:11–12
- 11 Jeremiah 22:13; James 5:4; Deuteronomy 25:4
- 12 Ecclesiastes 4:1; Psalm 50:21; Romans 2:4–5; Ecclesiastes 8:11–12; Malachi 2:17
- 13 John 3:19–20; Proverbs 4:19; Jude 6; 2 Thessalonians 2:10–12; 1 John 2:19
- 14 1 Thessalonians 5:2; Micah 2:1–2; Revelation 3:3; Psalm 10:8–10; Ephesians 5:7–11
- 15 Psalm 10:11; Proverbs 7:9–10; Ezekiel 8:12; Ezekiel 9:9; Proverbs 6:32–35
- 16 John 3:20; Ephesians 5:11–13; Ezekiel 12:12; Matthew 6:19; Ezekiel 12:5–7
- 17 Job 3:5; Jeremiah 2:26; 2 Corinthians 5:10–11; Revelation 6:16–17; Psalm 73:18–19
- 18 Deuteronomy 28:16–20; Malachi 2:2; Isaiah 23:10; Psalm 73:18–20; Psalm 69:22
- 19 Psalm 49:14; Proverbs 14:32; Luke 16:22; Job 21:13; Psalm 68:2
- 20 Proverbs 10:7; Daniel 4:14; Job 18:16–17; Ecclesiastes 8:10; Matthew 3:10
- 21 Job 29:13; 1 Samuel 1:6–7; Job 22:9; Job 31:16–18; Job 24:3
- 22 Daniel 6:4–9; John 19:12–16; Revelation 16:13–14; Esther 3:8–10; Revelation 17:2
- 23 Proverbs 15:3; Revelation 2:23; 1 Thessalonians 5:3; Psalm 73:3–12; Amos 8:7
- 24 Psalm 37:10; James 1:11; Psalm 92:7; James 5:1–3; Psalm 37:35–36
- 25 Job 9:24; Job 11:2–3; Job 6:28; Job 27:4; Job 15:2
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