Job · Literal Standard Version
Job 5 Literal Standard Version
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1 “Pray, call, is there any to answer you? And to which of the holy ones do you turn?
1 AHORA pues da voces, si habrá quien te responda; ¿y á cuál de los santos te volverás?
2 For provocation slays the perverse, || And envy puts to death the simple,
2 Es cierto que al necio la ira lo mata, y al codicioso consume la envidia.
3 I have seen the perverse taking root, || And I mark his habitation straight away,
3 Yo he visto al necio que echaba raíces, y en la misma hora maldije su habitación.
4 His sons are far from safety, || And they are bruised in the gate, || And there is no deliverer.
4 Sus hijos estarán lejos de la salud, y en la puerta serán quebrantados, y no habrá quien los libre.
5 Whose harvest the hungry eat, || And even take it from the thorns, || And the designing swallowed their wealth.
5 Su mies comerán los hambrientos, y sacaránla de entre las espinas, y los sedientos beberán su hacienda.
6 For sorrow does not come forth from the dust, || Nor does misery spring up from the ground.
6 Porque la iniquidad no sale del polvo, ni la molestia brota de la tierra.
7 For man is born to misery, || And the sparks go high to fly.
7 Empero como las centellas se levantan para volar por [el aire], así el hombre nace para la aflicción.
8 Yet I inquire for God, || And for God I give my word,
8 Ciertamente yo buscaría á Dios, y depositaría en él mis negocios:
9 Doing great things, and there is no searching. Wonderful, until there is no numbering.
9 El cual hace cosas grandes é inescrutables, y maravillas que no tienen cuento:
10 Who is giving rain on the face of the land, || And is sending waters on the out-places.
10 Que da la lluvia sobre la haz de la tierra, y envía las aguas por los campos:
11 To set the low on a high place, || And the mourners have been high [in] safety.
11 Que pone los humildes en altura, y los enlutados son levantados á salud:
12 Making void thoughts of the cunning, || And their hands do not execute wisdom.
12 Que frustra los pensamientos de los astutos, para que sus manos no hagan nada:
13 Capturing the wise in their subtlety, || And the counsel of wrestling ones was hurried,
13 Que prende á los sabios en la astucia de ellos, y el consejo de los perversos es entontecido;
14 By day they meet darkness, || And as night—they grope at noon.
14 De día se topan con tinieblas, y en mitad del día andan á tientas como de noche:
15 He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth, || And from a strong hand,
15 Y libra de la espada al pobre, de la boca de los impíos, y de la mano violenta;
16 And there is hope for the poor, || And perverseness has shut her mouth.
16 Pues es esperanza al menesteroso, y la iniquidad cerrará su boca.
17 Behold, the blessedness of mortal man, || God reproves him: And do not despise the discipline of the Mighty,
17 He aquí, bienaventurado es el hombre á quien Dios castiga: por tanto no menosprecies la corrección del Todopoderoso.
18 For He pains, and He binds up, || He strikes, and His hands heal.
18 Porque él es el que hace la llaga, y él [la] vendará: él hiere, y sus manos curan.
19 In six distresses He delivers you, || And in seven evil does not strike on you.
19 En seis tribulaciones te librará, y en la séptima no te tocará el mal.
20 In famine He has redeemed you from death, || And in battle from the hands of the sword.
20 En el hambre te redimirá de la muerte, y en la guerra de las manos de la espada.
21 When the tongue scourges you are hid, || And you are not afraid of destruction, || When it comes.
21 Del azote de la lengua serás encubierto; ni temerás de la destrucción cuando viniere.
22 At destruction and at hunger you mock, || And of the beast of the earth, || You are not afraid.
22 De la destrucción y del hambre te reirás, y no temerás de las bestias del campo:
23 (For with sons of the field [is] your covenant, || And the beast of the field || Has been at peace with you.)
23 Pues aun con las piedras del campo tendrás tu concierto, y las bestias del campo te serán pacíficas.
24 And you have known that your tent [is] peace, || And inspected your habitation, and do not err,
24 Y sabrás que hay paz en tu tienda; y visitarás tu morada, y no pecarás.
25 And have known that your seed [is] numerous, || And your offspring as the herb of the earth;
25 Asimismo echarás de ver que tu simiente es mucha, y tu prole como la hierba de la tierra.
26 You come in full age to the grave, || As the going up of a stalk in its season.
26 Y vendrás en la vejez á la sepultura, como el montón de trigo que se coge á su tiempo.
27 Behold, this—we searched it out—it [is] right, listen; And you, know for yourself!”
27 He aquí lo que hemos inquirido, lo cual es así: óyelo, y juzga tú para contigo.
Cross references (27)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Job 15:15; Job 15:8–10; Job 4:18; Isaiah 41:21–23; Ephesians 1:1
- 2 Ecclesiastes 7:9; Job 18:4; Hosea 7:11; Psalm 92:6; Psalm 14:1
- 3 Psalm 73:18–20; Psalm 92:7; Deuteronomy 27:15–26; Psalm 37:35–36; Job 27:8
- 4 Psalm 127:5; Job 18:16–19; Psalm 119:155; Job 10:7; Psalm 109:9–15
- 5 Lamentations 2:16; Hosea 8:7; Jeremiah 51:44; Jeremiah 51:34; Judges 6:11
- 6 Isaiah 45:7; 1 Samuel 6:9; Psalm 90:7; Job 34:29; Hosea 10:4
- 7 Job 14:1; Genesis 3:17–19; Ecclesiastes 5:15–17; 1 Corinthians 10:13; Psalm 90:8–9
- 8 Psalm 50:15; Psalm 37:5; Job 22:21; 2 Chronicles 33:12–13; 1 Peter 4:19
- 9 Psalm 40:5; Job 9:10; Psalm 86:10; Psalm 72:18; Job 11:7–9
- 10 Jeremiah 5:24; Acts 14:17; Psalm 147:8; Jeremiah 14:22; Psalm 65:9–11
- 11 Psalm 113:7; Luke 6:21; 1 Samuel 2:7–8; Luke 1:52–53; Psalm 107:41
- 12 Psalm 33:10–11; Psalm 21:11; Isaiah 8:10; Proverbs 21:30; Psalm 37:17
- 13 1 Corinthians 3:19; Psalm 9:15–16; Psalm 7:15–16; Luke 1:51; 1 Corinthians 1:19–20
- 14 Job 12:25; Deuteronomy 28:29; Isaiah 59:10; Proverbs 4:19; Amos 8:9
- 15 Psalm 35:10; Psalm 140:12; Psalm 109:31; Psalm 72:4; Psalm 10:17
- 16 Psalm 107:42; Psalm 63:11; 1 Samuel 2:8–9; Romans 3:19; Exodus 11:7
- 17 James 1:12; Psalm 94:12; Proverbs 3:11–12; Revelation 3:19; James 5:11
- 18 Hosea 6:1; Deuteronomy 32:39; Psalm 147:3; Isaiah 30:26; 1 Samuel 2:6
- 19 Psalm 34:19; 1 Corinthians 10:13; Psalm 91:3–10; Proverbs 24:16; 2 Peter 2:9
- 20 Psalm 33:19; Hosea 13:14; Genesis 45:7; Psalm 37:19; 1 Kings 17:6
- 21 Psalm 31:20; Psalm 91:5–7; Proverbs 12:18; Jeremiah 18:18; Psalm 55:21
- 22 Ezekiel 34:25; Isaiah 35:9; Psalm 91:13; Hosea 2:18; Isaiah 65:25
- 23 Leviticus 26:6; Daniel 6:22; Isaiah 11:6–9; Psalm 91:12–13; Hosea 2:18
- 24 Psalm 121:7–8; Psalm 91:10; Job 8:6; Isaiah 4:5–6; Deuteronomy 28:6
- 25 Psalm 112:2; Psalm 72:16; Deuteronomy 28:4; Genesis 15:5; Job 42:13–16
- 26 Job 42:16–17; Proverbs 9:11; Psalm 91:16; Genesis 15:15; Proverbs 10:27
- 27 Psalm 111:2; Proverbs 9:12; Job 32:11–12; Deuteronomy 10:13; Proverbs 2:3–5
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