Job · Young's Literal Translation
Job 3 Young's Literal Translation
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1 After this hath Job opened his mouth, and revileth his day.
1 DESPUÉS de esto abrió Job su boca, y maldijo su día.
2 And Job answereth and saith: —
2 Y exclamó Job, y dijo:
3 Let the day perish in which I am born, And the night that hath said: 'A man-child hath been conceived.'
3 Perezca el día en que yo nací, y la noche que se dijo: Varón es concebido.
4 That day — let it be darkness, Let not God require it from above, Nor let light shine upon it.
4 Sea aquel día sombrío, y Dios no cuide de él desde arriba, ni claridad sobre él resplandezca.
5 Let darkness and death-shade redeem it, Let a cloud tabernacle upon it, Let them terrify it as the most bitter of days.
5 Aféenlo tinieblas y sombra de muerte; repose sobre él nublado, que lo haga horrible como caliginoso día.
6 That night — let thick darkness take it, Let it not be united to days of the year, Into the number of months let it not come.
6 Ocupe la oscuridad aquella noche; no sea contada entre los días del año, ni venga en el número de los meses.
7 Lo! that night — let it be gloomy, Let no singing come into it.
7 ¡Oh si fuere aquella noche solitaria, que no viniera canción alguna en ella!
8 Let the cursers of day mark it, Who are ready to wake up Leviathan.
8 Maldíganla los que maldicen al día, los que se aprestan para levantar su llanto.
9 Let the stars of its twilight be dark, Let it wait for light, and there is none, And let it not look on the eyelids of the dawn.
9 Oscurézcanse las estrellas de su alba; espere la luz, y no venga, ni vea los párpados de la mañana:
10 Because it hath not shut the doors Of the womb that was mine! And hide misery from mine eyes.
10 Por cuanto no cerró las puertas del vientre donde yo estaba, ni escondió de mis ojos la miseria.
11 Why from the womb do I not die? From the belly I have come forth and gasp!
11 ¿Por qué no morí yo desde la matriz, o fuí traspasado en saliendo del vientre?
12 Wherefore have knees been before me? And what [are] breasts, that I suck?
12 ¿Por qué me previnieron las rodillas? ¿y para qué las tetas que mamase?
13 For now, I have lain down, and am quiet, I have slept — then there is rest to me,
13 Pues que ahora yaciera yo, y reposara; durmiera, y entonces tuviera reposo,
14 With kings and counsellors of earth, These building wastes for themselves.
14 Con los reyes y con los consejeros de la tierra, que edifican para sí los desiertos;
15 Or with princes — they have gold, They are filling their houses [with] silver.
15 O con los príncipes que poseían el oro, que henchían sus casas de plata.
16 (Or as a hidden abortion I am not, As infants — they have not seen light.)
16 O ¿por qué no fuí escondido como aborto, como los pequeñitos que nunca vieron luz?
17 There the wicked have ceased troubling, And there rest do the wearied in power.
17 Allí los impíos dejan el perturbar, y allí descansan los de cansadas fuerzas.
18 Together prisoners have been at ease, They have not heard the voice of an exactor,
18 Allí asimismo reposan los cautivos; no oyen la voz del exactor.
19 Small and great [are] there the same. And a servant [is] free from his lord.
19 Allí están el chico y el grande; y el siervo libre de su señor.
20 Why giveth He to the miserable light, and life to the bitter soul?
20 ¿Por qué se da luz al trabajado, y vida á los de ánimo en amargura,
21 Who are waiting for death, and it is not, And they seek it above hid treasures.
21 Que esperan la muerte, y ella no llega, aunque la buscan más que tesoros;
22 Who are glad — unto joy, They rejoice when they find a grave.
22 Que se alegran sobremanera, y se gozan, cuando hallan el sepulcro?
23 To a man whose way hath been hidden, And whom God doth shut up?
23 ¿[Por qué] al hombre que no sabe por donde vaya, y al cual Dios ha encerrado?
24 For before my food, my sighing cometh, And poured out as waters [are] my roarings.
24 Pues antes que mi pan viene mi suspiro; y mis gemidos corren como aguas.
25 For a fear I feared and it meeteth me, And what I was afraid of doth come to me.
25 Porque el temor que me espantaba me ha venido, y hame acontecido lo que temía.
26 I was not safe — nor was I quiet — Nor was I at rest — and trouble cometh!
26 No he tenido paz, no me aseguré, ni me estuve reposado; vínome no obstante turbación.
Cross references (23)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Jeremiah 20:14–15; Psalm 106:33; Psalm 39:2–3; Job 2:9–10; Job 3:3
- 3 Jeremiah 20:14–18; Jeremiah 15:10; Job 10:18–19
- 4 Matthew 27:45; Amos 5:18; Revelation 16:10; Deuteronomy 11:12; Joel 2:2
- 5 Job 10:21–22; Job 28:3; Jeremiah 2:6; Psalm 23:4; Psalm 107:14
- 7 Isaiah 13:20–22; Jeremiah 7:34; Revelation 18:22–23; Isaiah 24:8
- 8 Job 41:1; Job 41:10; 2 Chronicles 35:25; Jeremiah 9:17–18; Job 41:25
- 9 Job 41:18; Jeremiah 8:15; Jeremiah 13:16; Job 30:26
- 10 Ecclesiastes 6:3–5; Genesis 20:18; Jeremiah 20:17; 1 Samuel 1:5; Genesis 29:31
- 11 Isaiah 46:3; Job 10:18–19; Hosea 9:14; Jeremiah 15:10; Psalm 139:13–16
- 12 Genesis 30:3; Isaiah 66:12; Genesis 50:23; Ezekiel 16:4–5
- 13 Ecclesiastes 9:10; Job 14:10–12; Job 21:13; Job 7:21; Ecclesiastes 6:3–5
- 14 Job 15:28; Psalm 89:48; Isaiah 14:10–16; Psalm 49:14; Psalm 49:6–10
- 15 1 Kings 10:27; Job 22:25; Zephaniah 1:18; Numbers 22:18; Job 27:16–17
- 16 Psalm 58:8; Ecclesiastes 6:3; 1 Corinthians 15:8
- 17 Revelation 14:13; Job 17:16; Isaiah 57:1–2; Job 14:13; Hebrews 4:11
- 18 Job 39:7; Exodus 5:15–19; Judges 4:3; Exodus 5:6–8; Isaiah 14:3–4
- 19 Ecclesiastes 8:8; Ecclesiastes 12:7; Job 30:23; Psalm 49:2; Luke 16:22–23
- 20 Jeremiah 20:18; Job 7:15–16; 1 Samuel 1:10; Proverbs 31:6; Job 6:9
- 21 Revelation 9:6; Proverbs 2:4; Numbers 11:15; Jonah 4:8; 1 Kings 19:4
- 23 Job 19:8; Lamentations 3:7; Isaiah 40:27; Job 12:14; Lamentations 3:9
- 24 Psalm 102:9; Psalm 42:3–4; Psalm 80:5; Psalm 38:8; Job 33:20
- 25 Job 1:5; Job 30:15; Job 31:23
- 26 Job 7:14; Job 27:9; Psalm 143:11
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