Job 17 Unlocked Literal Bible
Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · About the recordings
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
1 My spirit is consumed, and my days are over; the grave is ready for me.
1 MI ALIENTO está corrompido, acórtanse mis días, y me está aparejado el sepulcro.
1 “My spirit is consumed. My days are extinct and the grave is ready for me.
2 Surely there are mockers with me; my eye must always see their provocation.
2 No hay conmigo sino escarnecedores, en cuya acrimonia se detienen mis ojos.
2 Surely there are mockers with me. My eye dwells on their provocation.
3 Give now a pledge, be a guarantee for me with yourself; who else is there who will help me?
3 Pon ahora, dame fianza para [litigar] contigo: ¿quién tocará ahora mi mano?
3 “Now give a pledge. Be collateral for me with yourself. Who is there who will strike hands with me?
4 For you, God, have kept their hearts from understanding; therefore, you will not exalt them over me.
4 Porque [á éstos] has tú escondido su corazón de inteligencia: por tanto, no [los] ensalzarás.
4 For you have hidden their heart from understanding, therefore you will not exalt them.
5 He who denounces his friends for a reward, the eyes of his children will fail.
5 El que denuncia lisonjas á sus prójimos, los ojos de sus hijos desfallezcan.
5 He who denounces his friends for plunder, even the eyes of his children will fail.
6 But he has made me a byword of the people; they spit in my face.
6 El me ha puesto por parábola de pueblos, y delante [de ellos] he sido como tamboril.
6 “But he has made me a byword of the people. They spit in my face.
7 My eye is also dim because of sorrow; all my body parts are as thin as shadows.
7 Y mis ojos se oscurecieron de desabrimiento, y mis pensamientos todos son como sombra.
7 My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow. All my members are as a shadow.
8 Upright men will be stunned by this; the innocent man will stir himself up against godless men.
8 Los rectos se maravillarán de esto, y el inocente se levantará contra el hipócrita.
8 Upright men will be astonished at this. The innocent will stir himself up against the godless.
9 The righteous man will keep to his way; he who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.
9 No obstante, proseguirá el justo su camino, y el limpio de manos aumentará la fuerza.
9 Yet the righteous will hold to his way. He who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.
10 But as for you all, come on now; I will not find a wise man among you.
10 Mas volved todos vosotros, y venid ahora, que no hallaré entre vosotros sabio.
10 But as for you all, come back. I will not find a wise man among you.
11 My days are past; my plans are shattered, and so are the desires of my heart.
11 Pasáronse mis días, fueron arrancados mis pensamientos, los designios de mi corazón.
11 My days are past. My plans are broken off, as are the thoughts of my heart.
12 These people, these mockers, change the night into day; light is near to darkness.
12 Pusieron la noche por día, y la luz se acorta delante de las tinieblas.
12 They change the night into day, saying ‘The light is near’ in the presence of darkness.
13 If the only home I hope for is Sheol; and if I have spread my couch in the darkness;
13 Si yo espero, el sepulcro es mi casa: haré mi cama en las tinieblas.
13 If I look for Sheol as my house, if I have spread my couch in the darkness,
14 and if I have said to the pit, 'You are my father,' and to the worm, 'You are my mother or my sister,'
14 A la huesa tengo dicho: Mi padre eres tú; á los gusanos: Mi madre y mi hermana.
14 if I have said to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ and ‘My sister,’
15 where then is my hope? As for my hope, who can see any?
15 ¿Dónde pues estará ahora mi esperanza? y mi esperanza ¿quién la verá?
15 where then is my hope? As for my hope, who will see it?
16 Will hope go down with me to the gates of Sheol when we descend to the dust?”
16 A los rincones de la huesa descenderán, y juntamente descansarán en el polvo.
16 Shall it go down with me to the gates of Sheol, or descend together into the dust?”
Cross references (16)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Isaiah 38:10–14; Psalm 88:3–5; Job 17:13–14; Job 42:16; Job 6:11
- 2 Job 12:4; Job 16:20; 1 Samuel 1:6–7; Matthew 27:39–44; Psalm 35:14–16
- 3 Hebrews 7:22; Proverbs 11:15; Isaiah 38:14; Genesis 44:32; Psalm 119:122
- 4 Matthew 11:25; Matthew 13:11; 2 Samuel 17:14; Isaiah 19:14; 1 Corinthians 1:20
- 5 Psalm 12:2–3; Proverbs 20:19; Proverbs 29:5; Exodus 20:5; 1 Kings 11:12
- 6 Job 30:9; Psalm 44:14; 1 Kings 9:7; Isaiah 5:12; Genesis 31:27
- 7 Psalm 6:7; Job 16:16; Psalm 31:9–10; Ecclesiastes 6:12; Lamentations 5:17
- 8 Habakkuk 1:13; Ecclesiastes 5:8; Job 34:30; Job 22:19; Romans 11:33
- 9 Proverbs 4:18; Isaiah 1:15–16; Job 22:30; Psalm 84:7; 2 Corinthians 12:9–10
- 10 Job 42:7; Job 6:29; 1 Corinthians 1:20; 1 Corinthians 6:5; Job 17:4
- 11 Job 7:6; Isaiah 38:10; Proverbs 16:9; James 4:13–15; Isaiah 8:10
- 12 Job 24:14–16; Job 7:13–14; Job 7:3–4; Deuteronomy 28:67
- 13 Job 10:21–22; Job 30:23; Job 3:13; Psalm 139:8; Job 14:14
- 14 Psalm 16:10; Job 24:20; Acts 13:34–37; Job 21:32–33; Job 30:30
- 15 Job 13:15; Job 19:10; Job 4:6; Job 6:11; Job 7:6
- 16 Job 3:17–19; Jonah 2:6; Ezekiel 37:11; Isaiah 38:17–18; Job 18:13–14
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences