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1 En la tierra de Uz vivía un hombre llamado Job, hombre bueno que temía a Dios y se abstenía de lo malo.
1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God, and turned away from evil.
2 Tenía una familia grande formada por siete hijos y tres hijas, y era inmensamente rico, pues poseía siete mil ovejas, tres mil camellos, quinientas yuntas de bueyes, quinientas burras, y muchísimos siervos. Era en efecto el más rico hacendado de toda aquella región.
2 There were born to him seven sons and three daughters.
3 Not in this translation
3 His possessions also were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred female donkeys, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the children of the east.
4 Los hijos de Job, acostumbraban turnarse para celebrar banquetes en sus respectivas casas e invitaban a sus hermanos y hermanas a comer y beber con ellos.
4 His sons went and held a feast in the house of each one on his birthday; and they sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
5 Al terminar el ciclo de los banquetes, Job reunía a sus hijos y los santificaba; se levantaba muy de mañana y presentaba una ofrenda por cada uno de ellos. Porque pensaba: «Quizás mis hijos hayan pecado y en su corazón se hayan alejado de Dios». Estas cosas eran costumbre en Job.
5 It was so, when the days of their feasting had run their course, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, “It may be that my sons have sinned, and renounced God in their hearts.” Job did so continually.
6 Cierto día en que los ángeles se presentaron ante el Señor, acudió también con ellos el ángel acusador.
6 Now on the day when God’s sons came to present themselves before Yahweh, Satan also came among them.
7 ―¿De dónde vienes? —le preguntó el Señor al acusador. Y este respondió: ―De rondar la tierra y recorrerla por todas partes.
7 Yahweh said to Satan, “Where have you come from?” Then Satan answered Yahweh, and said, “From going back and forth on the earth, and from walking up and down in it.”
8 Entonces Dios preguntó al acusador: ―¿Te has fijado en mi siervo Job? No hay otro como él en toda la tierra: hombre perfecto y recto, que me teme y se abstiene de todo mal.
8 Yahweh said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant, Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil.”
9 ―¿Y cómo no habría de serlo si lo recompensas tan bien? —dijo burlonamente el acusador—.
9 Then Satan answered Yahweh, and said, “Does Job fear God for nothing?
10 Siempre has librado de todo daño su persona, su hogar y sus bienes. Has hecho prosperar cuanto hace. ¡Mira cómo se ha enriquecido! ¡Razón tiene para adorarte!
10 Haven’t you made a hedge around him, and around his house, and around all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
11 Pero quítale sus riquezas, ¡y ya verás cómo te maldice en tu propia cara!
11 But stretch out your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will renounce you to your face.”
12 El Señor replicó al ángel acusador: ―Tienes permiso para hacer con su riqueza lo que quieras; pero no lo perjudiques en su cuerpo. Entonces el ángel acusador se fue; y como era de esperarse, no mucho después, en un banquete que los hijos e hijas de Job tuvieron en casa del hermano mayor, ocurrió la tragedia.
12 Yahweh said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your power. Only on himself don’t stretch out your hand.” So Satan went out from the presence of Yahweh.
13 Not in this translation
13 It fell on a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,
14 Llegó corriendo a casa de Job un mensajero con esta noticia: ―Estaban sus bueyes arando, y las burras pastaban junto a ellos, cuando nos asaltaron los sabeanos, se llevaron los animales y mataron a los demás siervos. ¡Sólo yo escapé!
14 that a messenger came to Job, and said, “The oxen were plowing, and the donkeys feeding beside them,
15 Not in this translation
15 and the Sabeans attacked, and took them away. Yes, they have killed the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”
16 Aún estaba hablando este mensajero, cuando llegó otro con más noticias malas: —Del cielo cayó un rayo que calcinó a las ovejas y a todos los criados. ¡Sólo yo escapé para contárselo!
16 While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “The fire of God has fallen from the sky, and has burned up the sheep and the servants, and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”
17 No había terminado este, cuando otro mensajero entró corriendo. ―Tres bandas de caldeos se llevaron sus camellos y mataron a sus siervos. ¡Sólo yo escapé para contárselo!
17 While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “The Chaldeans made three bands, and swept down on the camels, and have taken them away, yes, and killed the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell you.”
18 Mientras aún estaba hablando este, llegó otro mensajero y dijo: ―Sus hijos e hijas estaban celebrando un banquete en casa de su hermano mayor,
18 While he was still speaking, there came also another, and said, “Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,
19 cuando de pronto un fuerte viento del desierto arrasó la casa; desplomó el techo sobre ellos y los mató a todos. ¡Sólo yo escapé para contárselo!
19 and behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young men, and they are dead. I alone have escaped to tell you.”
20 Job se levantó y rasgó su manto y se rasuró la cabeza en señal de duelo y se postró en tierra en actitud de adoración.
20 Then Job arose, and tore his robe, and shaved his head, and fell down on the ground, and worshiped.
21 Entonces dijo: «Desnudo salí del vientre de mi madre, y nada tendré cuando muera. El Señor me dio cuanto yo tenía; suyo era, y tenía derecho de llevárselo. Bendito sea el nombre del Señor».
21 He said, “Naked I came out of my mother’s womb, and naked will I return there. Yahweh gave, and Yahweh has taken away. Blessed be Yahweh’s name.”
22 En todo esto Job no pecó ni maldijo a Dios.
22 In all this, Job didn’t sin, nor charge God with wrongdoing.
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A blameless and upright man of the land of Uz who had seven sons and three daughters, lost his children and wealth and was afflicted, and was restored by the LORD with twice what…
Cited in the guide: Job 1:1; Job 1:8; Job 2:11
Cross references (19)
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- 1 James 5:11; Ezekiel 14:14; Ezekiel 14:20; Job 28:28; Job 2:3
- 2 Psalm 127:3–5; Job 42:13; Psalm 128:3; Job 13:13; Psalm 107:38
- 4 Hebrews 13:1; Psalm 133:1
- 5 Job 42:8; Genesis 8:20; 1 Samuel 16:5; Genesis 35:2–3; Ephesians 6:18
- 6 Job 2:1; Job 38:7; Zechariah 3:1; Revelation 12:9–10; 1 Kings 22:19
- 7 1 Peter 5:8; Job 2:2; Matthew 12:43; Revelation 12:12–17; Revelation 12:9
- 8 Job 2:3; Job 1:1; Proverbs 8:13; Numbers 12:7–8; 2 Kings 23:25
- 9 1 Timothy 4:8; Matthew 16:26; 1 Timothy 6:6; Job 1:21; Job 21:14–15
- 10 Psalm 34:7; Zechariah 2:5; 1 Peter 1:5; Deuteronomy 28:2–6; Proverbs 10:22
- 11 Job 2:5; Job 19:21; Revelation 16:11; Revelation 16:9; Revelation 16:21
- 12 Luke 22:31–32; 2 Corinthians 12:7; John 3:35–36; 1 Corinthians 10:13; John 19:11
- 14 1 Samuel 4:17; Jeremiah 51:31; 2 Samuel 15:13
- 16 2 Kings 1:12; Genesis 19:24; Leviticus 10:2; 1 Kings 18:38; Numbers 11:1–3
- 17 Genesis 11:28; Habakkuk 1:6; Genesis 11:31; Isaiah 23:13; Job 1:15
- 18 Job 1:4; Job 1:13; Psalm 34:19; Lamentations 1:12; Job 19:9–10
- 19 Acts 28:4; 1 Kings 20:30; Ephesians 2:2; Judges 16:30; Genesis 37:32–33
- 20 1 Peter 5:6; 2 Samuel 12:16–20; Genesis 37:34; Ezra 9:3; Genesis 37:29
- 21 Ecclesiastes 5:15; 1 Timothy 6:7; 1 Thessalonians 5:18; James 1:17; Job 2:10
- 22 James 1:12; Job 2:10; 1 Peter 1:7; James 1:4; Romans 9:20
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Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
For he said, "The Lord gave, the Lord hath taken away; as it seemed good to the Lord, so is it done, blessed be the Name of the Lord." The fire of temptation approached him; but it found him gold, not stubble; it cleared away the dross from it, but did not reduce it to ashes.
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