Job · Literal Standard Version
Job 33 Literal Standard Version
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1 “And yet, please, O Job, || Hear my speech and give ear [to] all my words.
1 POR tanto, Job, oye ahora mis razones, y escucha todas mis palabras.
2 Now behold, I have opened my mouth, || My tongue has spoken in the palate.
2 He aquí yo abriré ahora mi boca, y mi lengua hablará en mi garganta.
3 Of the uprightness of my heart [are] my sayings, || And my lips have clearly spoken knowledge.
3 Mis razones [declararán] la rectitud de mi corazón, y mis labios proferirán pura sabiduría.
4 The Spirit of God has made me, || And the breath of the Mighty quickens me.
4 El espíritu de Dios me hizo, y la inspiración del Omnipotente me dió vida.
5 If you are able—answer me, || Set in array before me—station yourself.
5 Si pudieres, respóndeme; dispón [tus palabras], está delante de mí.
6 Behold, I [am], according to your word, for God, || I have also been formed from the clay.
6 Heme aquí á mí en lugar de Dios, conforme á tu dicho: de lodo soy yo también formado.
7 Behold, my terror does not frighten you, || And my burden on you is not heavy.
7 He aquí que mi terror no te espantará, ni mi mano se agravará sobre ti.
8 Surely you have spoken in my ears, || And the sounds of words I hear:
8 De cierto tú dijiste á oídos míos, y yo oí la voz de tus palabras [que decían]:
9 I [am] pure, without transgression, || I [am] innocent, and I have no iniquity.
9 Yo soy limpio y sin defecto; y soy inocente, y no hay maldad en mí.
10 Behold, He develops hindrances against me, || He reckons me for an enemy to Him,
10 He aquí que él buscó achaques contra mí, y me tiene por su enemigo;
11 He puts my feet in the stocks, || He watches all my paths.
11 Puso mis pies en el cepo, y guardó todas mis sendas.
12 Behold, you have not been righteous [in] this, || I answer you, that God is greater than man.
12 He aquí en esto no has hablado justamente: yo te responderé que mayor es Dios que el hombre.
13 Why have you striven against Him, || When [for] all His matters He does not answer?
13 ¿Por qué tomaste pleito contra él? Porque él no da cuenta de ninguna de sus razones.
14 For once God speaks, and twice (he does not behold it),
14 Sin embargo, en una ó en dos [maneras] habla Dios; [mas el hombre] no entiende.
15 In a dream—a vision of night, || In the falling of deep sleep on men, || In slumberings on a bed.
15 Por sueño de visión nocturna, cuando el sueño cae sobre los hombres, cuando se adormecen sobre el lecho;
16 Then He uncovers the ear of men, || And seals for their instruction,
16 Entonces revela al oído de los hombres, y les señala su consejo;
17 To turn aside man [from] doing, || And He conceals pride from man.
17 Para quitar al hombre de [su] obra, y apartar del varón la soberbia.
18 He keeps back his soul from corruption, || And his life from passing away by a dart.
18 Detendrá su alma de corrupción, y su vida de que pase á cuchillo.
19 And he has been reproved || With pain on his bed, || And the strife of his bones [is] enduring.
19 También sobre su cama es castigado con dolor fuerte en todos sus huesos,
20 And his life has nauseated bread, || And his soul desirable food.
20 Que le hace que su vida aborrezca el pan, y su alma la comida suave.
21 His flesh is consumed from being seen, || And his bones are high, they were not seen!
21 Su carne desfallece sin verse, y sus huesos, que antes no se veían, aparecen.
22 And his soul draws near to the pit, || And his life to those causing death.
22 Y su alma se acerca al sepulcro, y su vida á los que causan la muerte.
23 If there is a messenger by him, || An interpreter—one of a thousand, || To declare for man his uprightness,
23 Si tuviera cerca de él [algún] elocuente anunciador muy escogido, que anuncie al hombre su deber;
24 Then He favors him and says, || Ransom him from going down to the pit, || I have found an atonement.
24 Que le diga que [Dios] tuvo de él misericordia, que lo libró de descender al sepulcro, que halló redención:
25 Fresher [is] his flesh than a child’s, || He returns to the days of his youth.
25 Enterneceráse su carne más que de niño, volverá á los días de su mocedad.
26 He makes supplication to God, || And He accepts him. And he sees His face with shouting, || And He returns to man His righteousness.
26 Orará á Dios, y le amará, y verá su faz con júbilo: y él restituirá al hombre su justicia.
27 [Then] he looks on men and says, || I sinned, and I have perverted uprightness, || And it has not been profitable to me.
27 El mira sobre los hombres; y [el que] dijere: Pequé, y pervertí lo recto, y no me ha aprovechado;
28 He has ransomed my soul || From going over into the pit, || And my life looks on the light.
28 [Dios] redimirá su alma, que no pase al sepulcro, y su vida se verá en luz.
29 Behold, God works all these, || Twice, [even] three times with man,
29 He aquí, todas estas cosas hace Dios dos y tres veces con el hombre;
30 To bring back his soul from the pit, || To be enlightened with the light of the living.
30 Para apartar su alma del sepulcro, y para iluminarlo con la luz de los vivientes.
31 Attend, O Job, listen to me, || Keep silent, and I speak.
31 Escucha, Job, y óyeme; calla, y yo hablaré.
32 If there are words—answer me, || Speak, for I have a desire to justify you.
32 Que si tuvieres razones, respóndeme: habla, porque yo te quiero justificar.
33 If there are not—listen to me, || Keep silent, and I teach you wisdom.”
33 Y si no, óyeme tú á mí; calla, y enseñarte he sabiduría.
Cross references (33)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Job 13:6; Job 34:2; Psalm 49:1–3; Mark 4:9
- 2 Job 3:1; Psalm 78:2; Matthew 5:2; Job 31:30
- 3 Job 27:4; 1 Thessalonians 2:3–4; Proverbs 20:15; Psalm 37:30–31; Proverbs 8:7–8
- 4 Job 32:8; Genesis 2:7; Job 27:3; Job 10:12; 1 Corinthians 15:45
- 5 Job 33:32–33; Acts 10:26; Job 23:4–5; Job 13:18; Job 32:14
- 6 Job 4:19; Job 10:9; 2 Corinthians 5:1; Job 20:22; Job 31:35
- 7 Job 13:21; Job 9:34; Psalm 32:4; Psalm 88:16
- 8 Jeremiah 29:23; Deuteronomy 13:14
- 9 Job 10:7; Job 16:17; Job 11:4; Job 9:21; Job 29:14
- 10 Job 19:11; Job 13:24–25; Job 30:21; Job 10:15–17; Job 31:35
- 11 Job 13:27; Job 31:4; Daniel 4:35; Psalm 105:18; Jeremiah 20:2
- 12 Job 36:5; Ezekiel 18:25; Job 35:2; Job 32:17; Job 34:17–19
- 13 Job 40:2; Isaiah 45:9; Romans 11:34; Daniel 4:35; Isaiah 46:10
- 14 Proverbs 1:24; 2 Chronicles 33:10; Psalm 62:11; Job 33:29; John 3:19
- 15 Numbers 12:6; Job 4:13; Genesis 20:3; Genesis 31:24; Daniel 4:5
- 16 Job 36:10; Job 36:15; Psalm 40:6; Isaiah 50:5; Luke 24:45
- 17 James 4:10; Isaiah 2:11; 2 Chronicles 32:25; Genesis 20:6; Matthew 27:19
- 18 Job 33:28; Job 33:30; 2 Peter 3:9; Romans 2:4; Job 15:22
- 19 Job 30:17; Job 5:17–18; Psalm 119:71; 1 Corinthians 11:32; Psalm 94:12
- 20 Psalm 107:17–18; Job 3:24; Jeremiah 3:19; Amos 5:11; Genesis 3:6
- 21 Job 19:20; Job 13:28; Job 7:5; Proverbs 5:11; Job 14:22
- 22 2 Samuel 24:16; Job 33:28; 1 Corinthians 10:10; Psalm 88:3–5; Job 17:1
- 23 Malachi 3:1; Ecclesiastes 7:28; 2 Corinthians 5:20; Haggai 1:13; Malachi 2:7
- 24 Psalm 49:7–8; Matthew 20:28; 1 Peter 1:18–19; Job 33:18; Hosea 14:4
- 25 Psalm 103:5; 2 Kings 5:14; Joshua 14:10–11; Deuteronomy 34:7; Job 42:16
- 26 Psalm 50:15; Psalm 30:5; Acts 2:28; Acts 9:11; Isaiah 30:19
- 27 Romans 6:21; 2 Samuel 12:13; Psalm 14:2; Jeremiah 31:18–19; Matthew 16:26
- 28 Job 33:24; Job 3:9; Job 3:16; Job 33:22; Job 3:20
- 29 Ephesians 1:11; Philippians 2:13; 1 Corinthians 12:6; Hebrews 13:21; 2 Corinthians 5:5
- 30 Psalm 56:13; Isaiah 38:17; Job 33:28; Psalm 40:1–2; Acts 26:18
- 31 Job 18:2; Job 21:2; Job 13:6; Job 32:11
- 32 Job 22:5–9; Job 15:4–5; Job 27:5; Job 21:27
- 33 Psalm 34:11; Proverbs 8:5; Job 33:3; Proverbs 4:1–2; Proverbs 5:1–2
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
Job, too, says, The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 9 (1899)