Job 20 Revised Version with Apocrypha

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1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

1 Y RESPONDIÓ Sophar Naamathita, y dijo:

1 Then Zophar the Naamathite answered,

2 Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, even by reason of my haste that is in me.

2 Por cierto mis pensamientos me hacen responder, y por tanto me apresuro.

2 “Therefore my thoughts answer me, even by reason of my haste that is in me.

3 I have heard the reproof which putteth me to shame, and the spirit of my understanding answereth me.

3 La reprensión de mi censura he oído, y háceme responder el espíritu de mi inteligencia.

3 I have heard the reproof which puts me to shame. The spirit of my understanding answers me.

4 Knowest thou [not ]this of old time, since man was placed upon earth,

4 ¿No sabes esto que fué siempre, desde el tiempo que fué puesto el hombre sobre la tierra,

4 Don’t you know this from old time, since man was placed on earth,

5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless but for a moment?

5 Que la alegría de los impíos es breve, y el gozo del hipócrita por un momento?

5 that the triumphing of the wicked is short, the joy of the godless but for a moment?

6 Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;

6 Si subiere su altivez hasta el cielo, y su cabeza tocare en las nubes,

6 Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach to the clouds,

7 Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?

7 Con su estiércol perecerá para siempre: los que le hubieren visto, dirán: ¿Qué es de él?

7 yet he will perish forever like his own dung. Those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’

8 He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.

8 Como sueño volará, y no será hallado: y disiparáse como visión nocturna.

8 He will fly away as a dream, and will not be found. Yes, he will be chased away like a vision of the night.

9 The eye which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.

9 El ojo que le habrá visto, nunca más le verá; ni su lugar le echará más de ver.

9 The eye which saw him will see him no more, neither will his place see him any more.

10 His children shall seek the favour of the poor, and his hands shall give back his wealth.

10 Sus hijos pobres andarán rogando; y sus manos tornarán lo que él robó.

10 His children will seek the favor of the poor. His hands will give back his wealth.

11 His bones are full of his youth, but it shall lie down with him in the dust.

11 Sus huesos están llenos de sus mocedades, y con él serán sepultados en el polvo.

11 His bones are full of his youth, but youth will lie down with him in the dust.

12 Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;

12 Si el mal se endulzó en su boca, si lo ocultaba debajo de su lengua;

12 “Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue,

13 Though he spare it, and will not let it go, but keep it still within his mouth;

13 Si le parecía bien, y no lo dejaba, mas antes lo detenía entre su paladar;

13 though he spare it, and will not let it go, but keep it still within his mouth,

14 Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.

14 Su comida se mudará en sus entrañas, hiel de áspides será dentro de él.

14 yet his food in his bowels is turned. It is cobra venom within him.

15 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.

15 Devoró riquezas, mas vomitarálas; de su vientre las sacará Dios.

15 He has swallowed down riches, and he will vomit them up again. God will cast them out of his belly.

16 He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper’s tongue shall slay him.

16 Veneno de áspides chupará; matarálo lengua de víbora.

16 He will suck cobra venom. The viper’s tongue will kill him.

17 He shall not look upon the rivers, the flowing streams of honey and butter.

17 No verá los arroyos, los ríos, los torrentes de miel y de manteca.

17 He will not look at the rivers, the flowing streams of honey and butter.

18 That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down; according to the substance that he hath gotten, he shall not rejoice.

18 Restituirá el trabajo conforme á la hacienda que tomó; y no tragará, ni gozará.

18 He will restore that for which he labored, and will not swallow it down. He will not rejoice according to the substance that he has gotten.

19 For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; he hath violently taken away an house, and he shall not build it up.

19 Por cuanto quebrantó y desamparó á los pobres, robó casas, y no las edificó;

19 For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he will not build it up.

20 Because he knew no quietness within him, he shall not save aught of that wherein he delighteth.

20 Por tanto, no sentirá él sosiego en su vientre, ni salvará nada de lo que codiciaba.

20 “Because he knew no quietness within him, he will not save anything of that in which he delights.

21 There was nothing left that he devoured not; therefore his prosperity shall not endure.

21 No quedó nada que no comiese: por tanto su bien no será durable.

21 There was nothing left that he didn’t devour, therefore his prosperity will not endure.

22 In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: the hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him.

22 Cuando fuere lleno su bastimento, tendrá angustia: las manos todas de los malvados vendrán sobre él.

22 In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress will overtake him. The hand of everyone who is in misery will come on him.

23 When he is about to fill his belly, [God ]shall cast the fierceness of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.

23 Cuando se pusiere á henchir su vientre, [Dios] enviará sobre él el furor de su ira, y harála llover sobre él y sobre su comida.

23 When he is about to fill his belly, God will cast the fierceness of his wrath on him. It will rain on him while he is eating.

24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of brass shall strike him through.

24 Huirá de las armas de hierro, y el arco de acero le atravesará.

24 He will flee from the iron weapon. The bronze arrow will strike him through.

25 He draweth it forth, and it cometh out of his body: yea, the glittering point cometh out of his gall; terrors are upon him.

25 Desenvainará y sacará [saeta] de su aljaba, y relumbrante pasará por su hiel: sobre él vendrán terrores.

25 He draws it out, and it comes out of his body. Yes, the glittering point comes out of his liver. Terrors are on him.

26 All darkness is laid up for his treasures: a fire not blown [by man ]shall devour him; it shall consume that which is left in his tent.

26 Todas tinieblas están guardadas para sus secretos: fuego no soplado lo devorará; su sucesor será quebrantado en su tienda.

26 All darkness is laid up for his treasures. An unfanned fire will devour him. It will consume that which is left in his tent.

27 The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him.

27 Los cielos descubrirán su iniquidad, y la tierra se levantará contra él.

27 The heavens will reveal his iniquity. The earth will rise up against him.

28 The increase of his house shall depart, [his goods ]shall flow away in the day of his wrath.

28 Los renuevos de su casa serán trasportados; serán derramados en el día de su furor.

28 The increase of his house will depart. They will rush away in the day of his wrath.

29 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.

29 Esta es la parte que Dios apareja al hombre impío, y la heredad que Dios le señala por su palabra.

29 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, the heritage appointed to him by God.”

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Zophar
Third friend of Job
Zophar the Naamathite, one of Job's three friends, who answered Job in the dialogues and did what the LORD told him after the LORD's rebuke.
Cited in the guide: Job 2:11; Job 11:1; Job 20:1
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