Job 21 Unlocked Literal Bible
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1 Then Job answered and said,
1 Y RESPONDIÓ Job, y dijo:
2 “Listen carefully to my words, and let this be the comfort you offer to me.
2 Oid atentamente mi palabra, y sea esto vuestros consuelos.
3 Put up with me, and I also will speak; after I have spoken, mock on.
3 Soportadme, y yo hablaré; y después que hubiere hablado, escarneced.
4 As for me, is my complaint to a person? Why should I not be impatient?
4 ¿Hablo yo á algún hombre? y ¿por qué no se ha de angustiar mi espíritu?
5 Look at me and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
5 Miradme, y espantaos, y poned la mano sobre la boca.
6 When I think about my sufferings, I am terrified, and trembling seizes my body.
6 Aun yo mismo, cuando me acuerdo, me asombro, y toma temblor mi carne.
7 Why do wicked people continue to live, become old, and grow mighty in power?
7 ¿Por qué viven los impíos, y se envejecen, y aun crecen en riquezas?
8 Their descendants are established with them in their sight, and their offspring are established before their eyes.
8 Su simiente con ellos, compuesta delante de ellos; y sus renuevos delante de sus ojos.
9 Their houses are safe from fear; neither is the rod of God on them.
9 Sus casas seguras de temor, ni hay azote de Dios sobre ellos.
10 Their bull breeds; it does not fail to do so; their cow gives birth and does not lose her calf prematurely.
10 Sus vacas conciben, no abortan; paren sus vacas, y no malogran su cría.
11 They send out their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
11 Salen sus chiquitos como manada, y sus hijos andan saltando.
12 They sing to the tambourine and harp and rejoice with the music of the flute.
12 Al son de tamboril y de cítara saltan, y se huelgan al son del órgano.
13 They spend their days in prosperity, and they go down quietly to Sheol.
13 Gastan sus días en bien, y en un momento descienden á la sepultura.
14 They say to God, 'Depart from us for we do not wish any knowledge of your ways.
14 Dicen pues á Dios: Apártate de nosotros, que no queremos el conocimiento de tus caminos.
15 What is the Almighty, that we should worship him? What advantage would we get if we prayed to him?'
15 ¿Quién es el Todopoderoso, para que le sirvamos? ¿y de qué nos aprovechará que oremos á él?
16 See, is not their prosperity in their own hands? I have nothing to do with the advice of wicked people.
16 He aquí que su bien no está en manos de ellos: el consejo de los impíos lejos esté de mí.
17 How often is it that the lamp of wicked people is put out, or that their calamity comes upon them? How often does it happen that God distributes sorrows to them in his anger?
17 ¡Oh cuántas veces la lámpara de los impíos es apagada, y viene sobre ellos su quebranto, [y Dios] en su ira les reparte dolores!
18 How often is it that they become like stubble before the wind or like chaff that the storm carries away?
18 Serán como la paja delante del viento, y como el tamo que arrebata el torbellino.
19 You say, 'God lays up one's guilt for his children to pay.' Let him pay it himself, so that he might know his guilt.
19 Dios guardará para sus hijos su violencia; y le dará su pago, para que conozca.
20 Let his eyes see his own destruction, and let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
20 Verán sus ojos su quebranto, y beberá de la ira del Todopoderoso.
21 For what does he care about his family after him when the number of his months is cut off?
21 Porque ¿qué deleite tendrá él de su casa después de sí, siendo cortado el número de sus meses?
22 Can anyone teach God knowledge since he judges even those who are high?
22 ¿Enseñará alguien á Dios sabiduría, juzgando él á los que están elevados?
23 One man dies in his full strength, being completely quiet and at ease.
23 Este morirá en el vigor de su hermosura, todo quieto y pacífico.
24 His body is full of milk, and the marrow of his bones is moist.
24 Sus colodras están llenas de leche, y sus huesos serán regados de tuétano.
25 Another man dies in bitterness of soul, one who has never experienced anything good.
25 Y estotro morirá en amargura de ánimo, y no habiendo comido jamás con gusto.
26 They lie down alike in the dust; the worms cover them both.
26 Igualmente yacerán ellos en el polvo, y gusanos los cubrirán.
27 See, I know your thoughts, and the ways in which you wish to wrong me.
27 He aquí, yo conozco vuestros pensamientos, y las imaginaciones que contra mí forjáis.
28 For you say, 'Where now is the house of the prince? Where is the tent in which the wicked man once lived?'
28 Porque decís: ¿Qué es de la casa del príncipe, y qué de la tienda de las moradas de los impíos?
29 Have you never asked traveling people? Do you not know the evidence they can tell,
29 ¿No habéis preguntado á los que pasan por los caminos, por cuyas señas no negaréis,
30 that the wicked man is kept from the day of calamity, and that he is led away from the day of wrath?
30 Que el malo es reservado para el día de la destrucción? Presentados serán en el día de las iras.
31 Who will condemn the wicked man's way to his face? Who will repay him for what he has done?
31 ¿Quién le denunciará en su cara su camino? Y de lo que él hizo, ¿quién le dará el pago?
32 Yet he will be borne to the grave; men will keep watch over his tomb.
32 Porque llevado será él á los sepulcros, y en el montón permanecerá.
33 The clods of the valley will be sweet to him; all people will follow after him, as there were innumerable people before him.
33 Los terrones del valle le serán dulces; y tras de él será llevado todo hombre, y antes de él [han ido] innumerables.
34 How then do you comfort me with nonsense, since in your answers there is nothing but falsehood?”
34 ¿Cómo pues me consoláis en vano, viniendo á parar vuestras respuestas en falacia?
Cross references (33)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 2 Hebrews 2:1; Job 15:11; Isaiah 55:2; Job 13:3–4; Job 33:31–33
- 3 Job 17:2; Job 16:10; Job 16:20; Job 13:13; Job 12:4–5
- 4 Psalm 142:2–3; Psalm 42:11; Psalm 102:1; Psalm 22:1–3; Job 10:1–2
- 5 Job 40:4; Job 29:9; Judges 18:19; Proverbs 30:32; Job 19:20–21
- 6 Habakkuk 3:16; Psalm 119:120; Psalm 77:3; Lamentations 3:19–20; Psalm 88:15
- 7 Psalm 73:3–12; Job 12:6; Psalm 37:35; Jeremiah 12:1–3; Habakkuk 1:13
- 8 Proverbs 17:6; Psalm 17:14; Job 20:28; Job 20:10; Job 18:19
- 9 Psalm 73:5; Job 9:34; Job 18:11; Psalm 73:19; Isaiah 57:19–21
- 10 Exodus 23:26; Ecclesiastes 9:1–2; Deuteronomy 28:11; Luke 12:16–21; Deuteronomy 7:13–14
- 11 Psalm 127:3–5; Psalm 107:41
- 12 Amos 6:4–6; Genesis 4:21; Isaiah 5:12; Genesis 31:27; Isaiah 22:13
- 13 Job 36:11; Psalm 73:4; Luke 12:19–20; Matthew 24:38–39; Luke 17:28–29
- 14 Job 22:17; Romans 8:7; Psalm 10:4; 2 Thessalonians 2:10–12; John 15:23–24
- 15 Exodus 5:2; Job 34:9; Malachi 1:13–14; Psalm 12:4; Isaiah 30:11
- 16 Job 22:18; Psalm 1:1; Proverbs 1:10; Psalm 52:5–7; Psalm 49:6–7
- 17 Job 18:5–6; Proverbs 20:20; Proverbs 13:9; Proverbs 24:20; Job 18:18
- 18 Psalm 1:4; Psalm 83:13; Job 13:25; Psalm 35:5; Isaiah 17:13
- 19 Exodus 20:5; Ezekiel 18:19–20; Jeremiah 31:29; Isaiah 53:4–6; Ezekiel 18:2
- 20 Isaiah 51:17; Revelation 14:10; Psalm 75:8; Job 27:19; Jeremiah 25:15–16
- 21 Job 14:5; Ecclesiastes 2:18–19; Psalm 102:24; Psalm 55:23; Luke 16:27–28
- 22 Romans 11:34; 1 Corinthians 2:16; Isaiah 40:13–14; Ecclesiastes 5:8; Job 40:2
- 23 Psalm 49:17; Luke 12:19–21; Job 20:22–23; Psalm 73:4–5
- 24 Proverbs 3:8; Psalm 17:10; Job 15:27
- 25 Ezekiel 4:16–17; Job 7:11; Job 20:23; 1 Kings 17:12; 2 Samuel 17:8
- 26 Isaiah 14:11; Ecclesiastes 9:2; Job 20:11; Job 3:18–19; Job 24:20
- 27 Luke 5:22; Psalm 119:86; 1 Peter 2:19; Job 42:7; Job 8:3–6
- 28 Job 8:22; Job 20:7; Psalm 52:5–6; Habakkuk 2:9–11; Numbers 16:26–34
- 29 Psalm 129:8
- 30 Proverbs 16:4; 2 Peter 2:9–17; 2 Peter 3:7; Job 20:28; Romans 2:5
- 31 Deuteronomy 7:10; Galatians 2:11; Romans 12:19; Jeremiah 2:33–35; James 2:13
- 32 Luke 16:22; Psalm 49:14; Ezekiel 32:21–32
- 33 Hebrews 9:27; Job 30:23; Job 24:24; Ecclesiastes 12:7; Job 17:16
- 34 Job 16:2; Job 32:3; Job 13:4; Job 42:7
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