Job 31 Unlocked Literal Bible

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1 I have made a covenant with my eyes; how then should I look with desire on a virgin?

1 HICE pacto con mis ojos: ¿cómo pues había yo de pensar en virgen?

1 “I made a covenant with my eyes; how then should I look lustfully at a young woman?

2 For what is the portion from God above, the inheritance from the Almighty on high?

2 Porque ¿qué galardón [me daría] de arriba Dios, y qué heredad el Omnipotente de las alturas?

2 For what is the portion from God above, and the heritage from the Almighty on high?

3 I used to think that calamity is for unrighteous people, and that disaster is for doers of wickedness.

3 ¿No hay quebrantamiento para el impío, y extrañamiento para los que obran iniquidad?

3 Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, and disaster to the workers of iniquity?

4 Does not God see my ways and count all my steps?

4 ¿No ve él mis caminos, y cuenta todos mis pasos?

4 Doesn’t he see my ways, and count all my steps?

5 If I have walked with falsehood, if my foot has hurried to deceit,

5 Si anduve con mentira, y si mi pie se apresuró á engaño,

5 “If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot has hurried to deceit

6 let me be weighed in an even balance so that God will know my integrity.

6 Péseme Dios en balanzas de justicia, y conocerá mi integridad.

6 (let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know my integrity);

7 If my step has turned aside from the way, if my heart has gone after my eyes, if any spot has stuck to my hands,

7 Si mis pasos se apartaron del camino, y si mi corazón se fué tras mis ojos, y si algo se apegó á mis manos,

7 if my step has turned out of the way, if my heart walked after my eyes, if any defilement has stuck to my hands,

8 then let me sow, and let another eat, and let my crops be uprooted.

8 Siembre yo, y otro coma, y mis verduras sean arrancadas.

8 then let me sow, and let another eat. Yes, let the produce of my field be rooted out.

9 If my heart has been deceived by a woman, if I have lain in wait at my neighbor's door,

9 Si fué mi corazón engañado acerca de mujer, y si estuve acechando á la puerta de mi prójimo:

9 “If my heart has been enticed to a woman, and I have laid wait at my neighbor’s door,

10 then let my wife grind grain for another, and let others bow down on her.

10 Muela para otro mi mujer, y sobre ella otros se encorven.

10 then let my wife grind for another, and let others sleep with her.

11 For that would be a terrible crime; indeed, it would be a crime to be punished by judges.

11 Porque es maldad é iniquidad, que han de castigar los jueces.

11 For that would be a heinous crime. Yes, it would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges,

12 For that is a fire that consumes as far as Abaddon, and it would burn all my harvest to the root.

12 Porque es fuego que devoraría hasta el sepulcro, y desarraigaría toda mi hacienda.

12 for it is a fire that consumes to destruction, and would root out all my increase.

13 If I ignored the plea for justice from my male or female servant when they argued with me,

13 Si hubiera tenido en poco el derecho de mi siervo y de mi sierva, cuando ellos pleitearan conmigo,

13 “If I have despised the cause of my male servant or of my female servant, when they contended with me,

14 what then would I do when God rises up to accuse me? When he comes to judge me, how would I answer him?

14 ¿Qué haría yo cuando Dios se levantase? y cuando él visitara, ¿qué le respondería yo?

14 what then will I do when God rises up? When he visits, what will I answer him?

15 Did the one who made me in the womb not make them also? Did not the same one mold us all in the womb?

15 El que en el vientre me hizo á mí, ¿no lo hizo á él? ¿y no nos dispuso uno mismo en la matriz?

15 Didn’t he who made me in the womb make him? Didn’t one fashion us in the womb?

16 If I have withheld poor people from their desire, or if I have caused the eyes of the widow to grow dim from crying,

16 Si estorbé el contento de los pobres, é hice desfallecer los ojos de la viuda;

16 “If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

17 or if I have eaten my morsel alone and not allowed those without fathers to eat it also—

17 Y si comí mi bocado solo, y no comió de él el huérfano;

17 or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it

18 because from my youth the orphan grew up with me as with a father, and I have guided his mother, a widow, from my own mother's womb.

18 (Porque desde mi mocedad creció conmigo como con padre, y desde el vientre de mi madre fuí guía de la viuda;)

18 (no, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, I have guided her from my mother’s womb);

19 If I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing, or if I have seen that a needy man had no clothing;

19 Si he visto que pereciera alguno sin vestido, y al menesteroso sin cobertura;

19 if I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or that the needy had no covering;

20 if his heart has not blessed me because he has not been warmed with the wool of my sheep,

20 Si no me bendijeron sus lomos, y del vellón de mis ovejas se calentaron;

20 if his heart hasn’t blessed me, if he hasn’t been warmed with my sheep’s fleece;

21 if I have lifted up my hand against fatherless people because I saw my support in the city gate, then bring charges against me!

21 Si alcé contra el huérfano mi mano, aunque viese que me ayudarían en la puerta;

21 if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate;

22 If I have done these things, then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder blade, and let my arm be broken from its joint.

22 Mi espalda se caiga de mi hombro, y mi brazo sea quebrado de mi canilla.

22 then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder blade, and my arm be broken from the bone.

23 For I dreaded destruction from God; because of his majesty, I was not able to do those things.

23 Porque temí el castigo de Dios, contra cuya alteza yo no tendría poder.

23 For calamity from God is a terror to me. Because of his majesty, I can do nothing.

24 If I have made gold my hope, and if I have said to fine gold, 'You are what I am confident in';

24 Si puse en oro mi esperanza, y dije al oro: Mi confianza [eres] tú;

24 “If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold, ‘You are my confidence;’

25 if I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, because my hand had gotten many possessions, then bring charges against me!

25 Si me alegré de que mi hacienda se multiplicase, y de que mi mano hallase mucho;

25 If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;

26 If I have seen the sun when it shone, or the moon walking in its brightness,

26 Si he mirado al sol cuando resplandecía, y á la luna cuando iba hermosa,

26 if I have seen the sun when it shined, or the moon moving in splendor,

27 and if my heart has been secretly attracted, so that my mouth has kissed my hand in worship of them—

27 Y mi corazón se engañó en secreto, y mi boca besó mi mano:

27 and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth;

28 this also would be a crime to be punished by judges, for I would have denied the God who is above.

28 Esto también fuera maldad juzgada; porque habría negado al Dios soberano.

28 this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges, for I would have denied the God who is above.

29 If I have rejoiced at the destruction of anyone who hated me or congratulated myself when disaster overtook him, then bring charges against me!

29 Si me alegré en el quebrantamiento del que me aborrecía, y me regocijé cuando le halló el mal;

29 “If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him

30 Indeed, I have not even allowed my mouth to sin by asking for his life with a curse.

30 (Que ni aun entregué al pecado mi paladar, pidiendo maldición para su alma;)

30 (I have certainly not allowed my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse);

31 If the men of my tent have never said, 'Who can find one who has not been filled with Job's food?'

31 Cuando mis domésticos decían: ¡Quién nos diese de su carne! nunca nos hartaríamos.

31 if the men of my tent have not said, ‘Who can find one who has not been filled with his meat?’

32 (even the foreigner has never had to stay in the city square, because I have always opened my doors to the traveler), and if that is not so, then bring charges against me!

32 El extranjero no tenía fuera la noche; mis puertas abría al caminante.

32 (the foreigner has not camped in the street, but I have opened my doors to the traveler);

33 If, like mankind, I have hidden my sins by hiding my guilt inside my tunic

33 Si encubrí, como los hombres mis prevaricaciones, escondiendo en mi seno mi iniquidad;

33 if like Adam I have covered my transgressions, by hiding my iniquity in my heart,

34 (because I feared the great multitude, because the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silent and would not go outside), then bring charges against me!

34 Porque quebrantaba á la gran multitud, y el menosprecio de las familias me atemorizó, y callé, y no salí de mi puerta:

34 because I feared the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and didn’t go out of the door—

35 Oh, if only I had someone to hear me! See, here is my signature; let the Almighty answer me! If only I had the indictment that my opponent has written!

35 ¡Quién me diera quien me oyese! He aquí mi impresión [es] que el Omnipotente testificaría por mí, aunque mi adversario me hiciera el proceso.

35 oh that I had one to hear me! Behold, here is my signature! Let the Almighty answer me! Let the accuser write my indictment!

36 Surely I would carry it openly on my shoulder; I would put it on like a crown.

36 Ciertamente yo lo llevaría sobre mi hombro, y me lo ataría en lugar de corona.

36 Surely I would carry it on my shoulder, and I would bind it to me as a crown.

37 I would declare to him an accounting for my steps; as a confident prince I would go up to him.

37 Yo le contaría el número de mis pasos, y como príncipe me llegaría á él.

37 I would declare to him the number of my steps. I would go near to him like a prince.

38 If my land ever cries out against me, and its furrows weep together,

38 Si mi tierra clama contra mí, y lloran todos sus surcos;

38 If my land cries out against me, and its furrows weep together;

39 if I have eaten its harvest without paying for it or have caused its owners to lose their lives,

39 Si comí su sustancia sin dinero, ó afligí el alma de sus dueños;

39 if I have eaten its fruits without money, or have caused its owners to lose their life,

40 then let thorns grow instead of wheat and weeds instead of barley.” The words of Job are finished.

40 En lugar de trigo me nazcan abrojos, y espinas en lugar de cebada. Acábanse las palabras de Job.

40 let briers grow instead of wheat, and stinkweed instead of barley.” The words of Job are ended.

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Quotes verse 31:25 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily XXI)
And what is more, when he had them they were no joy to him: so he also declared, saying, "If I did so much as rejoice when my wealth waxed great:" wherefore neither did he grieve when it was gone.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
Quotes verse 31:1 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily XXXIII)
And if thou wouldest also hear of his strivings after continence, hearken to him when he saith, "I made a covenant with mine eyes, that I should not think upon a maid." For this cause his wife did not break his spirit, for he loved her even before this, not however immoderately, but as is due to a wife.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)

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