Job 29 Majority Standard Bible
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1 And Job continued his discourse:
1 Y VOLVIÓ Job á tomar su propósito, y dijo:
2 “How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me,
2 ¡Quién me tornase como en los meses pasados, como en los días que Dios me guardaba,
3 when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness,
3 Cuando hacía resplandecer su candela sobre mi cabeza, á la luz de la cual yo caminaba en la oscuridad;
4 when I was in my prime, when the friendship of God rested on my tent,
4 Como fué en los días de mi mocedad, cuando el secreto de Dios estaba en mi tienda;
5 when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me,
5 Cuando aun el Omnipotente estaba conmigo, y mis hijos alrededor de mí;
6 when my steps were bathed in cream and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!
6 Cuando lavaba yo mis caminos con manteca, y la piedra me derramaba ríos de aceite!
7 When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the public square,
7 Cuando salía á la puerta á juicio, y en la plaza hacía preparar mi asiento,
8 the young men saw me and withdrew, and the old men rose to their feet.
8 Los mozos me veían, y se escondían; y los viejos se levantaban, y estaban en pie;
9 The princes refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands.
9 Los príncipes detenían sus palabras, ponían la mano sobre su boca;
10 The voices of the nobles were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths.
10 La voz de los principales se ocultaba, y su lengua se pegaba á su paladar:
11 For those who heard me called me blessed, and those who saw me commended me,
11 Cuando los oídos que me oían, me llamaban bienaventurado, y los ojos que me veían, me daban testimonio:
12 because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.
12 Porque libraba al pobre que gritaba, y al huérfano que carecía de ayudador.
13 The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.
13 La bendición del que se iba á perder venía sobre mí; y al corazón de la viuda daba alegría.
14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; justice was my robe and my turban.
14 Vestíame de justicia, y ella me vestía como un manto; y mi toca era juicio.
15 I served as eyes to the blind and as feet to the lame.
15 Yo era ojos al ciego, y pies al cojo.
16 I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.
16 A los menesterosos era padre; y de la causa que no entendía, me informaba con diligencia:
17 I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.
17 Y quebraba los colmillos del inicuo, y de sus dientes hacía soltar la presa.
18 So I thought: ‘I will die in my nest and multiply my days as the sand.
18 Y decía yo: En mi nido moriré, y como arena multiplicaré días.
19 My roots will spread out to the waters, and the dew will rest nightly on my branches.
19 Mi raíz estaba abierta junto á las aguas, y en mis ramas permanecía el rocío.
20 My glory is ever new within me, and my bow is renewed in my hand.’
20 Mi honra se renovaba en mí, y mi arco se corroboraba en mi mano.
21 Men listened to me with expectation, waiting silently for my counsel.
21 Oíanme, y esperaban; y callaban á mi consejo.
22 After my words, they spoke no more; my speech settled on them like dew.
22 Tras mi palabra no replicaban, y mi razón destilaba sobre ellos.
23 They waited for me as for rain and drank in my words like spring showers.
23 Y esperábanme como á la lluvia, y abrían su boca [como] á la lluvia tardía.
24 If I smiled at them, they did not believe it; the light of my countenance was precious.
24 Si me reía con ellos, no lo creían: y no abatían la luz de mi rostro.
25 I chose their course and presided as chief. So I dwelt as a king among his troops, as a comforter of the mourners.
25 Calificaba yo el camino de ellos, y sentábame en cabecera; y moraba como rey en el ejército, como el que consuela llorosos.
Cross references (25)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Job 27:1; Numbers 23:7; Job 13:12
- 2 Job 1:10; Jeremiah 31:28; Job 1:1–5; Job 7:3; Psalm 37:28
- 3 Psalm 18:28; John 8:12; Job 18:6; Ephesians 5:8; John 12:46
- 4 Psalm 25:14; Proverbs 3:32; Job 15:8; Job 1:10; Psalm 27:5
- 5 Psalm 128:3; Psalm 127:3–5; Deuteronomy 33:27–29; Song of Songs 2:4; Joshua 1:9
- 6 Psalm 81:16; Job 20:17; Genesis 49:11; Deuteronomy 32:13–14; Deuteronomy 33:24
- 7 Ruth 4:1–2; Zechariah 8:16; Deuteronomy 16:18; Ruth 4:11; Job 31:21
- 8 Leviticus 19:32; Romans 13:7; 1 Peter 5:5; Proverbs 16:31; Titus 3:1
- 9 Job 21:5; Proverbs 10:19; Job 40:4; James 1:19; Proverbs 30:32
- 10 Psalm 137:6; Ezekiel 3:26
- 11 Luke 4:22; Proverbs 29:2; Job 31:20; Luke 11:27
- 12 Psalm 72:12; Proverbs 21:13; Exodus 22:22–24; James 1:27; Proverbs 24:11–12
- 13 2 Timothy 1:16–18; Philemon 7; Isaiah 27:13; Job 22:9; Job 31:19–20
- 14 Isaiah 61:10; Isaiah 59:17; Psalm 132:9; Ephesians 6:14; Revelation 19:8
- 15 Numbers 10:31; Matthew 11:5; 1 Corinthians 12:12–31
- 16 Proverbs 29:7; Psalm 68:5; Esther 2:7; Proverbs 25:2; Job 24:4
- 17 Psalm 3:7; Proverbs 30:14; 1 Samuel 17:35; Psalm 124:6; Psalm 58:8
- 18 Psalm 30:6–7; Obadiah 4; Job 5:26; Jeremiah 49:16; Genesis 32:12
- 19 Jeremiah 17:8; Psalm 1:3; Hosea 14:5–7; Job 18:16
- 20 Genesis 49:24; Isaiah 40:31; 2 Corinthians 4:16; Psalm 18:34; Psalm 103:5
- 21 Job 32:11–12; Job 29:9–10
- 22 Deuteronomy 32:2; Song of Songs 4:11; Ezekiel 20:46; Matthew 22:46; Isaiah 52:15
- 23 Hosea 6:3; Psalm 72:6; Zechariah 10:1
- 24 Psalm 126:1; Psalm 4:6; Psalm 89:15; Luke 24:41; Genesis 45:26
- 25 2 Corinthians 1:3–4; Isaiah 35:3–4; Genesis 14:14–17; Isaiah 61:1–3; 1 Thessalonians 3:2–3
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