Job 20 Unlocked Literal Bible
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ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
1 Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said,
1 Y RESPONDIÓ Sophar Naamathita, y dijo:
1 Then Zophar the Naamathite answered,
2 “My thoughts make me answer quickly because of the worry 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 hear a rebuke that dishonors me, but a spirit from my understanding answers 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 Do you not know this fact from ancient times, when God placed man on 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 the triumph of a wicked man is short, and the joy of a godless man lasts only 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 height reaches up to the heavens, and his head reaches to 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 such a person will perish permanently like his own feces; those who have seen him will 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 will fly away like a dream and will not be found; indeed, he will be chased away like 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 that saw him will see him no more; his place will see him no longer.
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 will apologize to poor people; his hands will have to 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 youthful strength, but it will 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 Although wickedness is sweet in his mouth, although he hides 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 although he holds it there and does not let it go but keeps it still in 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 the food in his intestines turns bitter; it becomes the poison of asps inside 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 swallows down riches, but he will vomit them up again; God will cast them out of his stomach.
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 will suck the poison of asps; the viper's tongue will kill 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 will not enjoy the streams, the torrents 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 He will give back the fruit of his labor and will not be able to eat it; he will not enjoy the wealth earned by his commerce.
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 has oppressed and neglected poor people; he has violently taken away houses that he did not build.
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 has known no satisfaction himself, he will not be able to save anything in which he takes pleasure.
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 is nothing left that he did not devour; therefore his prosperity will not be permanent.
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 abundance of his wealth he will fall into trouble; the hand of everyone who is in poverty will come against 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 stomach, God will throw the fierceness of his wrath on him; God will rain it down on 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 Although that man will flee from the iron weapon, a bow of bronze will shoot him.
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 pulls it out of his back and the gleaming point comes out of his liver. Terrors come over 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 Complete darkness is reserved for his treasures; a fire not fanned will devour him; it will consume what 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 will reveal his iniquity, and the earth will rise up against him as a witness.
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 wealth of his house will vanish; his goods will flow away on the day of God's 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 wicked man's portion from God, the heritage reserved for 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
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
Cross references (29)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Job 2:11; Job 11:1; Job 42:9
- 2 Psalm 31:22; Proverbs 14:29; Jeremiah 20:9; James 1:19; Psalm 39:2–3
- 3 Job 33:3; Job 19:29; Job 20:2; Psalm 49:3; Job 19:3
- 4 Job 15:10; Genesis 1:28; Job 32:7; Psalm 115:16; Genesis 9:1–3
- 5 Psalm 37:35–36; Job 18:5–6; Acts 12:22–23; Job 27:8; Psalm 73:18–20
- 6 Obadiah 3–4; Isaiah 14:13–14; Genesis 11:4; Amos 9:2; Daniel 4:11
- 7 1 Kings 14:10; Job 4:20; 2 Kings 9:37; Psalm 83:10; Job 8:18
- 8 Psalm 90:5; Psalm 73:20; Job 18:18; Isaiah 29:7–8; Psalm 18:10
- 9 Job 7:8; Job 8:18; Job 7:10; Job 20:7; Psalm 37:36
- 10 Job 20:18; Luke 19:8; Job 27:16–17; Exodus 22:3; Proverbs 6:31
- 11 Job 13:26; Psalm 25:7; Job 21:26; Ezekiel 32:27; Ezekiel 24:13
- 12 Psalm 10:7; Job 15:16; Ecclesiastes 11:9; Proverbs 9:17–18; Psalm 109:17–18
- 13 Romans 8:13; Matthew 5:29–30; Mark 9:43–49; Numbers 11:18–20
- 14 Romans 3:13; 2 Samuel 11:2–5; Malachi 2:2; Psalm 38:1–8; Deuteronomy 32:24
- 15 Proverbs 23:8; Matthew 27:3–4
- 16 Acts 28:3–6; Romans 3:13; Matthew 3:7; Isaiah 30:6; Deuteronomy 32:24
- 17 Deuteronomy 32:13–14; Job 29:6; Luke 16:24; 2 Kings 7:2; Isaiah 7:22
- 18 Job 20:10; Job 20:15; Jeremiah 22:13; Proverbs 1:12; Jeremiah 51:44
- 19 Job 35:9; Proverbs 14:31; Ezekiel 22:29; James 5:4; Proverbs 22:22–23
- 20 Ecclesiastes 5:13–14; Isaiah 57:20–21
- 21 Jeremiah 17:11; Job 18:19; Job 15:29; Luke 16:24–25
- 22 Revelation 18:7; Job 15:29; Job 18:7; 2 Kings 24:2; Psalm 39:5
- 23 Psalm 78:30–31; Numbers 11:33; Malachi 2:2; Psalm 11:6; Isaiah 21:4
- 24 Amos 5:19; Isaiah 24:18; 2 Samuel 22:35; Proverbs 7:23; Amos 9:1–3
- 25 Job 16:13; Job 18:11; Job 15:21; Deuteronomy 32:41; Job 27:20
- 26 Psalm 21:9; Psalm 120:4; Isaiah 30:33; Matthew 3:12; Isaiah 8:22
- 27 Isaiah 26:21; Luke 12:2–3; Job 16:18; Romans 2:16; Psalm 44:20–21
- 28 Job 27:14–19; Revelation 18:17; James 5:1–3; Zephaniah 1:18; Job 5:5
- 29 Job 27:13; Job 31:2–3; Psalm 11:5–6; Job 18:21; Lamentations 3:38
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