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Job 21 JPS Tanakh (1917)

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1 Then Job answered and said:
1 Y RESPONDIÓ Job, y dijo:
2 Hear diligently my speech; and let this be your consolations.
2 Oid atentamente mi palabra, y sea esto vuestros consuelos.
3 Suffer me, that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
3 Soportadme, y yo hablaré; y después que hubiere hablado, escarneced.
4 As for me, is my complaint to man? Or why should I not be impatient?
4 ¿Hablo yo á algún hombre? y ¿por qué no se ha de angustiar mi espíritu?
5 Turn unto me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
5 Miradme, y espantaos, y poned la mano sobre la boca.
6 Even when I remember I am affrighted, and horror hath taketh hold on my flesh.
6 Aun yo mismo, cuando me acuerdo, me asombro, y toma temblor mi carne.
7 Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, wax mighty in power?
7 ¿Por qué viven los impíos, y se envejecen, y aun crecen en riquezas?
8 Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.
8 Su simiente con ellos, compuesta delante de ellos; y sus renuevos delante de sus ojos.
9 Their houses are safe, without fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
9 Sus casas seguras de temor, ni hay azote de Dios sobre ellos.
10 Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
10 Sus vacas conciben, no abortan; paren sus vacas, y no malogran su cría.
11 They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
11 Salen sus chiquitos como manada, y sus hijos andan saltando.
12 They sing to the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.
12 Al son de tamboril y de cítara saltan, y se huelgan al son del órgano.
13 They spend their days in prosperity, and peacefully they go down to the grave.
13 Gastan sus días en bien, y en un momento descienden á la sepultura.
14 Yet they said unto God: 'Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of Thy ways.
14 Dicen pues á Dios: Apártate de nosotros, que no queremos el conocimiento de tus caminos.
15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve Him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto Him?' —
15 ¿Quién es el Todopoderoso, para que le sirvamos? ¿y de qué nos aprovechará que oremos á él?
16 Lo, their prosperity is not in their hand; the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
16 He aquí que su bien no está en manos de ellos: el consejo de los impíos lejos esté de mí.
17 How oft is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? that their calamity cometh upon them? that He distributeth pains in His anger?
17 ¡Oh cuántas veces la lámpara de los impíos es apagada, y viene sobre ellos su quebranto, [y Dios] en su ira les reparte dolores!
18 That they are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm stealeth away?
18 Serán como la paja delante del viento, y como el tamo que arrebata el torbellino.
19 'God layeth up his iniquity for his children!' — let Him recompense it unto himself, that he may know it.
19 Dios guardará para sus hijos su violencia; y le dará su pago, para que conozca.
20 Let his own eyes see his destruction, and let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
20 Verán sus ojos su quebranto, y beberá de la ira del Todopoderoso.
21 For what pleasure hath he in his house after him? seeing the number of his months is determined.
21 Porque ¿qué deleite tendrá él de su casa después de sí, siendo cortado el número de sus meses?
22 Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing it is He that judgeth those that are high.
22 ¿Enseñará alguien á Dios sabiduría, juzgando él á los que están elevados?
23 One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet;
23 Este morirá en el vigor de su hermosura, todo quieto y pacífico.
24 His pails are full of milk, and the marrow of his bones is moistened.
24 Sus colodras están llenas de leche, y sus huesos serán regados de tuétano.
25 And another dieth in bitterness of soul, and hath never tasted of good.
25 Y estotro morirá en amargura de ánimo, y no habiendo comido jamás con gusto.
26 They lie down alike in the dust, and the worm covereth them.
26 Igualmente yacerán ellos en el polvo, y gusanos los cubrirán.
27 Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.
27 He aquí, yo conozco vuestros pensamientos, y las imaginaciones que contra mí forjáis.
28 For ye say: 'Where is the house of the prince? And where is the tent wherein the wicked dwelt?'
28 Porque decís: ¿Qué es de la casa del príncipe, y qué de la tienda de las moradas de los impíos?
29 Have ye not asked them that go by the way; and will ye misdeem their tokens,
29 ¿No habéis preguntado á los que pasan por los caminos, por cuyas señas no negaréis,
30 That the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity, that they are led forth to the day of wrath?
30 Que el malo es reservado para el día de la destrucción? Presentados serán en el día de las iras.
31 But who shall declare his way to his face? And who shall repay him what he hath done?
31 ¿Quién le denunciará en su cara su camino? Y de lo que él hizo, ¿quién le dará el pago?
32 For he is borne to the grave, and watch is kept over his tomb.
32 Porque llevado será él á los sepulcros, y en el montón permanecerá.
33 The clods of the valley are sweet unto him, and all men draw after him, as there were innumerable before him.
33 Los terrones del valle le serán dulces; y tras de él será llevado todo hombre, y antes de él [han ido] innumerables.
34 How then comfort ye me in vain? And as for your answers, there remaineth only faithlessness?
34 ¿Cómo pues me consoláis en vano, viniendo á parar vuestras respuestas en falacia?
Cross references (33)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 2 Hebrews 2:1; Job 15:11; Isaiah 55:2; Job 13:3–4; Job 33:31–33
  2. 3 Job 17:2; Job 16:10; Job 16:20; Job 13:13; Job 12:4–5
  3. 4 Psalm 142:2–3; Psalm 42:11; Psalm 102:1; Psalm 22:1–3; Job 10:1–2
  4. 5 Job 40:4; Job 29:9; Judges 18:19; Proverbs 30:32; Job 19:20–21
  5. 6 Habakkuk 3:16; Psalm 119:120; Psalm 77:3; Lamentations 3:19–20; Psalm 88:15
  6. 7 Psalm 73:3–12; Job 12:6; Psalm 37:35; Jeremiah 12:1–3; Habakkuk 1:13
  7. 8 Proverbs 17:6; Psalm 17:14; Job 20:28; Job 20:10; Job 18:19
  8. 9 Psalm 73:5; Job 9:34; Job 18:11; Psalm 73:19; Isaiah 57:19–21
  9. 10 Exodus 23:26; Ecclesiastes 9:1–2; Deuteronomy 28:11; Luke 12:16–21; Deuteronomy 7:13–14
  10. 11 Psalm 127:3–5; Psalm 107:41
  11. 12 Amos 6:4–6; Genesis 4:21; Isaiah 5:12; Genesis 31:27; Isaiah 22:13
  12. 13 Job 36:11; Psalm 73:4; Luke 12:19–20; Matthew 24:38–39; Luke 17:28–29
  13. 14 Job 22:17; Romans 8:7; Psalm 10:4; 2 Thessalonians 2:10–12; John 15:23–24
  14. 15 Exodus 5:2; Job 34:9; Malachi 1:13–14; Psalm 12:4; Isaiah 30:11
  15. 16 Job 22:18; Psalm 1:1; Proverbs 1:10; Psalm 52:5–7; Psalm 49:6–7
  16. 17 Job 18:5–6; Proverbs 20:20; Proverbs 13:9; Proverbs 24:20; Job 18:18
  17. 18 Psalm 1:4; Psalm 83:13; Job 13:25; Psalm 35:5; Isaiah 17:13
  18. 19 Exodus 20:5; Ezekiel 18:19–20; Jeremiah 31:29; Isaiah 53:4–6; Ezekiel 18:2
  19. 20 Isaiah 51:17; Revelation 14:10; Psalm 75:8; Job 27:19; Jeremiah 25:15–16
  20. 21 Job 14:5; Ecclesiastes 2:18–19; Psalm 102:24; Psalm 55:23; Luke 16:27–28
  21. 22 Romans 11:34; 1 Corinthians 2:16; Isaiah 40:13–14; Ecclesiastes 5:8; Job 40:2
  22. 23 Psalm 49:17; Luke 12:19–21; Job 20:22–23; Psalm 73:4–5
  23. 24 Proverbs 3:8; Psalm 17:10; Job 15:27
  24. 25 Ezekiel 4:16–17; Job 7:11; Job 20:23; 1 Kings 17:12; 2 Samuel 17:8
  25. 26 Isaiah 14:11; Ecclesiastes 9:2; Job 20:11; Job 3:18–19; Job 24:20
  26. 27 Luke 5:22; Psalm 119:86; 1 Peter 2:19; Job 42:7; Job 8:3–6
  27. 28 Job 8:22; Job 20:7; Psalm 52:5–6; Habakkuk 2:9–11; Numbers 16:26–34
  28. 29 Psalm 129:8
  29. 30 Proverbs 16:4; 2 Peter 2:9–17; 2 Peter 3:7; Job 20:28; Romans 2:5
  30. 31 Deuteronomy 7:10; Galatians 2:11; Romans 12:19; Jeremiah 2:33–35; James 2:13
  31. 32 Luke 16:22; Psalm 49:14; Ezekiel 32:21–32
  32. 33 Hebrews 9:27; Job 30:23; Job 24:24; Ecclesiastes 12:7; Job 17:16
  33. 34 Job 16:2; Job 32:3; Job 13:4; Job 42:7

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