Job 14 Geneva Bible (1599)
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- Original 16th-century spelling.
1 Man that is borne of woman, is of short continuance, and full of trouble.
1 EL HOMBRE nacido de mujer, corto de días, y harto de sinsabores:
2 He shooteth foorth as a flowre, and is cut downe: he vanisheth also as a shadowe, and continueth not.
2 Que sale como una flor y es cortado; y huye como la sombra, y no permanece.
3 And yet thou openest thine eyes vpon such one, and causest me to enter into iudgement with thee.
3 ¿Y sobre éste abres tus ojos, y me traes á juicio contigo?
4 Who can bring a cleane thing out of filthinesse? there is not one.
4 ¿Quién hará limpio de inmundo? Nadie.
5 Are not his dayes determined? the nober of his moneths are with thee: thou hast appointed his boundes, which he can not passe.
5 Ciertamente sus días están determinados, y el número de sus meses está cerca de ti: tú le pusiste términos, de los cuales no pasará.
6 Turne from him that he may cease vntill his desired day, as an hyreling.
6 Si tú lo dejares, él dejará [de ser]: entre tanto deseará, como el jornalero, su día.
7 For there is hope of a tree, if it bee cut downe, that it will yet sproute, and the branches thereof will not cease.
7 Porque si el árbol fuere cortado, aun queda de él esperanza; retoñecerá aún, y sus renuevos no faltarán.
8 Though the roote of it waxe olde in the earth, and the stocke thereof be dead in ye ground,
8 Si se envejeciere en la tierra su raíz, y su tronco fuere muerto en el polvo,
9 Yet by the sent of water it will bud, and bring foorth boughes like a plant.
9 Al percibir el agua reverdecerá, y hará copa como planta.
10 But man is sicke, and dyeth, and man perisheth, and where is he?
10 Mas el hombre morirá, y será cortado; y perecerá el hombre, ¿y dónde estará él?
11 As the waters passe from the sea, and as the flood decayeth and dryeth vp,
11 Las aguas de la mar se fueron, y agotóse el río, secóse.
12 So man sleepeth and riseth not: for hee shall not wake againe, nor be raised from his sleepe till the heauen be no more.
12 Así el hombre yace, y no se tornará á levantar: hasta que no haya cielo no despertarán, ni se levantarán de su sueño.
13 Oh that thou wouldest hide me in the graue, and keepe me secret, vntill thy wrath were past, and wouldest giue me terme, and remember me.
13 ¡Oh quién me diera que me escondieses en el sepulcro, que me encubrieras hasta apaciguarse tu ira, que me pusieses plazo, y de mí te acordaras!
14 If a man die, shall he liue againe? All the dayes of mine appointed time will I waite, till my changing shall come.
14 Si el hombre muriere, ¿[volverá] á vivir? Todos los días de mi edad esperaré, hasta que venga mi mutación.
15 Thou shalt call me, and I shall answere thee: thou louest the worke of thine own hands.
15 Aficionado á la obra de tus manos, llamarás, y yo te responderé.
16 But nowe thou nombrest my steppes, and doest not delay my sinnes.
16 Pues ahora me cuentas los pasos, y no das tregua á mi pecado.
17 Mine iniquitie is sealed vp, as in a bagge, and thou addest vnto my wickednesse.
17 Tienes sellada en saco mi prevaricación, y coacervas mi iniquidad.
18 And surely as the mountaine that falleth, commeth to nought, and the rocke that is remooued from his place:
18 Y ciertamente el monte que cae se deshace, y las peñas son traspasadas de su lugar;
19 As the water breaketh the stones, when thou ouerflowest the things which growe in the dust of ye earth: so thou destroyest ye hope of man.
19 Las piedras son desgastadas con el agua impetuosa, que se lleva el polvo de la tierra: de tal manera haces tú perecer la esperanza del hombre.
20 Thou preuailest alway against him, so that he passeth away: he changeth his face when thou castest him away.
20 Para siempre serás más fuerte que él, y él se va; demudarás su rostro, y enviaráslo.
21 And he knoweth not if his sonnes shall be honourable, neither shall he vnderstand concerning them, whether they shalbe of lowe degree,
21 Sus hijos serán honrados, y él no lo sabrá; ó serán humillados, y no entenderá de ellos.
22 But while his flesh is vpon him, he shall be sorowfull, and while his soule is in him, it shall mourne.
22 Mas su carne sobre él se dolerá, y entristecerse ha en él su alma.
Cross references (22)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Job 5:7; Job 25:4; Ecclesiastes 2:23; Job 7:1; Matthew 11:11
- 2 Isaiah 40:6–8; 1 Peter 1:24; Job 8:9; Psalm 103:15–16; 1 Chronicles 29:15
- 3 Psalm 144:3; Psalm 143:2; Psalm 8:4; Job 13:27; Job 13:25
- 4 John 3:6; Job 15:14; Ephesians 2:3; Romans 8:8–9; Job 25:4–6
- 5 Psalm 39:4; Acts 17:26; Job 12:10; Hebrews 9:27; Psalm 104:29
- 6 Job 7:19; Psalm 39:13; Job 7:1–2; Job 10:20; Job 7:16
- 7 Isaiah 27:6; Isaiah 11:1; Job 14:14; Daniel 4:23–25; Job 19:10
- 8 1 Corinthians 15:36; John 12:24; Isaiah 26:19
- 9 Romans 11:17–24; Ezekiel 17:22–24; Ezekiel 17:3–10; Ezekiel 19:10
- 10 Job 19:26; Job 7:7–10; Genesis 49:33; Proverbs 14:32; Luke 16:22–23
- 11 Isaiah 19:5; Jeremiah 15:18; Job 6:15–18
- 12 Job 10:21–22; Isaiah 26:19; Ecclesiastes 3:19–21; Job 3:13; 2 Peter 3:10–13
- 13 Isaiah 57:1–2; Isaiah 26:20–21; Mark 13:32; Job 3:17–19; Isaiah 12:1
- 14 1 Corinthians 15:51–52; Acts 26:8; Psalm 27:14; Job 7:1; Job 13:15
- 15 Job 13:22; Psalm 138:8; Job 7:21; Job 10:3; Job 10:8
- 16 Job 10:6; Job 31:4; Psalm 139:1–4; Job 34:21; Proverbs 5:21
- 17 Deuteronomy 32:34; Hosea 13:12; Job 21:19
- 18 Revelation 6:14; Job 18:4; Jeremiah 4:24; Psalm 102:25–26; Isaiah 54:10
- 19 Job 7:6; Job 19:10; Job 27:8; Luke 12:19–20; Genesis 6:17
- 20 Job 2:12; Job 14:14; Ecclesiastes 8:8; Lamentations 4:8
- 21 Ecclesiastes 9:5; Ecclesiastes 2:18–19; Isaiah 63:16; Isaiah 39:7–8; Psalm 39:6
- 22 Job 19:26; Job 33:19–21; Proverbs 14:32; Job 19:22; Job 19:20
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For it comes from the righteous anger of God, whereof the Scriptures say, "Man, that is born of woman, is of few days and full of anger:" for the anger of God is not like that of man, the disturbance of an excited man, but the calm fixing of righteous punishment.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)
Again, the rod of Aaron, though cut off and dead, budded, without the scent of waters, and though under a roof, sprouted forth into blossoms as in the fields; and though set in dry places, yielded in one night the flowers and fruit of plants watered for many years.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
he says, For if a man die, he shall live again; and immediately he adds, I will wait till I be made again; and again elsewhere, Who shall raise up on the earth my skin, which endures these things.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)