Job · Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
Job 6 Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
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Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
2 Oh that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
2 ¡Oh si pesasen al justo mi queja y mi tormento, y se alzasen igualmente en balanza!
2 “Oh that my anguish were weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances!
3 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.
3 Porque pesaría aquél más que la arena del mar: y por tanto mis palabras son cortadas.
3 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas, therefore my words have been rash.
4 For the arrows of the Almighty [are] within me, the poison of which drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God set themselves in array against me.
4 Porque las saetas del Todopoderoso están en mí, cuyo veneno bebe mi espíritu; y terrores de Dios me combaten.
4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me. My spirit drinks up their poison. The terrors of God set themselves in array against me.
5 Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?
5 ¿Acaso gime el asno montés junto á la hierba? ¿muge el buey junto á su pasto?
5 Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass? Or does the ox low over his fodder?
6 Can that which is unsavory be eaten without salt? or is there [any] taste in the white of an egg?
6 ¿Comeráse lo desabrido sin sal? ¿ó habrá gusto en la clara del huevo?
6 Can that which has no flavor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
7 The things [that] my soul refused to touch [are] as my sorrowful food.
7 Las cosas que mi alma no quería tocar, por los dolores son mi comida.
7 My soul refuses to touch them. They are as loathsome food to me.
8 Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant [me] the thing that I long for!
8 ¡Quién me diera que viniese mi petición, y que Dios [me] otorgase lo que espero;
8 “Oh that I might have my request, that God would grant the thing that I long for,
9 Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
9 Y que pluguiera á Dios quebrantarme; que soltara su mano, y me deshiciera!
9 even that it would please God to crush me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
10 Then should I yet have comfort; yes, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.
10 Y sería aún mi consuelo, si me asaltase con dolor sin dar más tregua, que yo no he escondido las palabras del Santo.
10 Let it still be my consolation, yes, let me exult in pain that doesn’t spare, that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
11 What [is] my strength, that I should hope? and what [is] my end, that I should prolong my life?
11 ¿Cuál es mi fortaleza para esperar aún? ¿y cuál mi fin para dilatar mi vida?
11 What is my strength, that I should wait? What is my end, that I should be patient?
12 [Is] my strength the strength of stones? or [is] my flesh of brass?
12 ¿Es mi fortaleza la de las piedras? ¿ó mi carne, es de acero?
12 Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh of bronze?
13 [Is] not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?
13 ¿No me ayudo cuanto puedo, y el poder me falta del todo?
13 Isn’t it that I have no help in me, that wisdom is driven away from me?
14 To him that is afflicted pity [should be shown] from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
14 El atribulado es consolado de su compañero: mas hase abandonado el temor del Omnipotente.
14 “To him who is ready to faint, kindness should be shown from his friend; even to him who forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, [and] as the stream of brooks they pass away;
15 Mis hermanos han mentido cual arroyo: pasáronse como corrientes impetuosas,
15 My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that pass away;
16 Which are blackish by reason of the ice, [and] in which the snow is hid:
16 Que están escondidas por la helada, y encubiertas con nieve;
16 which are black by reason of the ice, in which the snow hides itself.
17 In the time when they become warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
17 Que al tiempo del calor son deshechas, y en calentándose, desaparecen de su lugar;
17 In the dry season, they vanish. When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
18 The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.
18 Apártanse de la senda de su rumbo, van menguando y piérdense.
18 The caravans that travel beside them turn away. They go up into the waste, and perish.
19 The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.
19 Miraron los caminantes de Temán, los caminantes de Saba esperaron en ellas:
19 The caravans of Tema looked. The companies of Sheba waited for them.
20 They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.
20 [Mas] fueron avergonzados por su esperanza; porque vinieron hasta ellas, y halláronse confusos.
20 They were distressed because they were confident. They came there, and were confounded.
21 For now ye are nothing: ye see [my] casting down, and are afraid.
21 Ahora ciertamente como ellas sois vosotros: que habéis visto el tormento, y teméis.
21 For now you are nothing. You see a terror, and are afraid.
22 Did I say, Bring to me? or Give a reward for me of your substance?
22 ¿Os he dicho yo: Traedme, y pagad por mí de vuestra hacienda;
22 Did I ever say, ‘Give to me’? or, ‘Offer a present for me from your substance’?
23 Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?
23 Y libradme de la mano del opresor, y redimidme del poder de los violentos?
23 or, ‘Deliver me from the adversary’s hand’? or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors’?
24 Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand in what I have erred.
24 Enseñadme, y yo callaré: y hacedme entender en qué he errado.
24 “Teach me, and I will hold my peace. Cause me to understand my error.
25 How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?
25 ¡Cuán fuertes son las palabras de rectitud! Mas ¿qué reprende el que reprende de vosotros?
25 How forcible are words of uprightness! But your reproof, what does it reprove?
26 Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, [which are] as wind?
26 ¿Pensáis censurar palabras, y los discursos de un desesperado, que son como el viento?
26 Do you intend to reprove words, since the speeches of one who is desperate are as wind?
27 Yes, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig [a pit] for your friend.
27 También os arrojáis sobre el huérfano, y hacéis hoyo delante de vuestro amigo.
27 Yes, you would even cast lots for the fatherless, and make merchandise of your friend.
28 Now therefore be content, look upon me; for [it is] evident to you if I lie.
28 Ahora pues, si queréis, mirad en mí, y [ved] si miento delante de vosotros.
28 Now therefore be pleased to look at me, for surely I will not lie to your face.
29 Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yes, return again, my righteousness [is] in it.
29 Tornad ahora, y no haya iniquidad; volved aún [á considerar] mi justicia en esto.
29 Please return. Let there be no injustice. Yes, return again. My cause is righteous.
30 Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?
30 ¿Hay iniquidad en mi lengua? ¿no puede mi paladar discernir las cosas depravadas?
30 Is there injustice on my tongue? Can’t my taste discern mischievous things?
Cross references (28)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Job 4:1
- 2 Job 23:2; Job 31:6; Job 4:5
- 3 Proverbs 27:3; Job 23:2; Psalm 77:4; Psalm 40:5; Job 37:19–20
- 4 Psalm 38:2; Job 30:15; Psalm 88:15–16; Proverbs 18:14; Mark 15:34
- 5 Jeremiah 14:6; Psalm 104:14; Joel 1:18–20; Psalm 42:1
- 6 Job 34:3; Job 6:30; Job 12:11; Leviticus 2:13; Luke 14:34
- 7 Job 3:24; Ezekiel 12:18–19; Psalm 102:9; Daniel 10:3; Ezekiel 4:16
- 8 Psalm 119:81; Job 17:14–16; Job 6:11–13
- 9 1 Kings 19:4; Jonah 4:3; Job 7:15–16; Isaiah 48:10–13; Jonah 4:8
- 10 Job 23:12; Leviticus 19:2; Isaiah 57:15; Psalm 40:9–10; Psalm 71:17–18
- 11 Psalm 103:14–16; Psalm 102:23; Job 17:1; Psalm 39:5; Job 10:20
- 12 Job 41:24; Job 40:18
- 13 2 Corinthians 1:12; Job 26:2; Job 12:2–3; Job 19:28; Job 13:2
- 14 Galatians 6:2; Proverbs 17:17; 1 Corinthians 12:26; Romans 12:15; 2 Corinthians 11:29
- 15 Psalm 38:11; Jeremiah 15:18; Psalm 41:9; John 13:18; John 16:32
- 17 Job 24:19; 1 Kings 17:1
- 19 Isaiah 21:14; Genesis 25:15; Jeremiah 25:23; 1 Kings 10:1; Genesis 10:7
- 20 Jeremiah 17:13; Romans 9:33; Jeremiah 14:3–4; Romans 5:5
- 21 Psalm 38:11; 2 Timothy 4:16; Jeremiah 17:5–6; Job 13:4; Job 6:15
- 22 Acts 20:33; Job 42:11; 1 Samuel 12:3
- 23 Job 5:20; Psalm 49:15; Psalm 107:2; Jeremiah 15:21; Psalm 49:7–8
- 24 James 3:2; Proverbs 9:9; Job 34:32; Psalm 19:12; Psalm 39:1–2
- 25 Proverbs 25:11; Ecclesiastes 12:10–11; Job 16:3–5; Job 24:25; Job 4:4
- 26 Job 8:2; Ephesians 4:14; Matthew 12:37; Job 10:1; Job 40:8
- 27 Job 24:3; Job 22:9; Psalm 7:15; James 1:27; 2 Peter 2:3
- 28 Job 13:4; Job 27:4; Job 33:3; Job 36:4; Job 11:3
- 29 Job 17:10; Job 34:5; Malachi 3:18; Job 27:4–6; Job 42:6
- 30 Job 12:11; Job 34:3; Job 6:6; Job 33:8–12; Job 42:3–6
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