Job · Versión King James (con apócrifos)
Job 38 Versión King James (con apócrifos)
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1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
1 Y RESPONDIÓ Jehová á Job desde un torbellino, y dijo:
1 Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind,
2 Who [is] this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
2 ¿Quién es ése que oscurece el consejo con palabras sin sabiduría?
2 “Who is this who darkens counsel by words without knowledge?
3 Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
3 Ahora ciñe como varón tus lomos; yo te preguntaré, y hazme saber tú.
3 Brace yourself like a man, for I will question you, then you answer me!
4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
4 ¿Dónde estabas cuando yo fundaba la tierra? házme[lo] saber, si tienes inteligencia.
4 “Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding.
5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
5 ¿Quién ordenó sus medidas, si lo sabes? ¿ó quién extendió sobre ella cordel?
5 Who determined its measures, if you know? Or who stretched the line on it?
6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
6 ¿Sobre qué están fundadas sus basas? ¿ó quién puso su piedra angular,
6 What were its foundations fastened on? Or who laid its cornerstone,
7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
7 Cuando las estrellas todas del alba alababan, y se regocijaban todos los hijos de Dios?
7 when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
8 Or [who] shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, [as if] it had issued out of the womb?
8 ¿Quién encerró con puertas la mar, cuando se derramaba por fuera [como] saliendo de madre;
8 “Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke out of the womb,
9 When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
9 Cuando puse yo nubes por vestidura suya, y por su faja oscuridad.
9 when I made clouds its garment, and wrapped it in thick darkness,
10 And brake up for it my decreed [place], and set bars and doors,
10 Y establecí sobre ella mi decreto, y le puse puertas y cerrojo,
10 marked out for it my bound, set bars and doors,
11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
11 Y dije: Hasta aquí vendrás, y no pasarás adelante, y ahí parará la hinchazón de tus ondas?
11 and said, ‘You may come here, but no further. Your proud waves shall be stopped here’?
12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; [and] caused the dayspring to know his place;
12 ¿Has tú mandado á la mañana en tus días? ¿has mostrado al alba su lugar,
12 “Have you commanded the morning in your days, and caused the dawn to know its place,
13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
13 Para que ocupe los fines de la tierra, y que sean sacudidos de ella los impíos?
13 that it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and shake the wicked out of it?
14 It is turned as clay [to] the seal; and they stand as a garment.
14 Trasmúdase como lodo bajo de sello, y viene á estar como [con] vestidura:
14 It is changed as clay under the seal, and presented as a garment.
15 And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.
15 Mas la luz de los impíos es quitada de ellos, y el brazo enaltecido es quebrantado.
15 From the wicked, their light is withheld. The high arm is broken.
16 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
16 ¿Has entrado tú hasta los profundos de la mar, y has andado escudriñando el abismo?
16 “Have you entered into the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in the recesses of the deep?
17 Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
17 ¿Hante sido descubiertas las puertas de la muerte, y has visto las puertas de la sombra de muerte?
17 Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?
18 Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.
18 ¿Has tú considerado hasta las anchuras de la tierra? Declara si sabes todo esto.
18 Have you comprehended the earth in its width? Declare, if you know it all.
19 Where [is] the way [where] light dwelleth? and [as for] darkness, where [is] the place thereof,
19 ¿Por dónde va el camino á la habitación de la luz, y dónde está el lugar de las tinieblas?
19 “What is the way to the dwelling of light? As for darkness, where is its place,
20 That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths [to] the house thereof?
20 ¿Si llevarás tú [ambas cosas] á sus términos, y entenderás las sendas de su casa?
20 that you should take it to its bound, that you should discern the paths to its house?
21 Knowest thou [it], because thou wast then born? or [because] the number of thy days [is] great?
21 ¿Sabíaslo tú porque hubieses ya nacido, ó [porque es] grande el número de tus días?
21 Surely you know, for you were born then, and the number of your days is great!
22 Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,
22 ¿Has tú entrado en los tesoros de la nieve, ó has visto los tesoros del granizo,
22 Have you entered the storehouses of the snow, or have you seen the storehouses of the hail,
23 Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
23 Lo cual tengo yo reservado para el tiempo de angustia, para el día de la guerra y de la batalla?
23 which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
24 By what way is the light parted, [which] scattereth the east wind upon the earth?
24 ¿Por qué camino se reparte la luz, y se esparce el viento solano sobre la tierra?
24 By what way is the lightning distributed, or the east wind scattered on the earth?
25 Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;
25 ¿Quién repartió conducto al turbión, y camino á los relámpagos y truenos,
25 Who has cut a channel for the flood water, or the path for the thunderstorm,
26 To cause it to rain on the earth, [where] no man [is; on] the wilderness, wherein [there is] no man;
26 Haciendo llover sobre la tierra deshabitada, sobre el desierto, donde no hay hombre,
26 to cause it to rain on a land where there is no man, on the wilderness, in which there is no man,
27 To satisfy the desolate and waste [ground;] and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
27 Para hartar la [tierra] desierta é inculta, y para hacer brotar la tierna hierba?
27 to satisfy the waste and desolate ground, to cause the tender grass to grow?
28 Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
28 ¿Tiene la lluvia padre? ¿ó quién engendró las gotas del rocío?
28 Does the rain have a father? Or who fathers the drops of dew?
29 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
29 ¿De qué vientre salió el hielo? y la escarcha del cielo, ¿quién la engendró?
29 Whose womb did the ice come out of? Who has given birth to the gray frost of the sky?
30 The waters are hid as [with] a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
30 Las aguas se endurecen á manera de piedra, y congélase la haz del abismo.
30 The waters become hard like stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen.
31 Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
31 ¿Podrás tú impedir las delicias de las Pléyades, ó desatarás las ligaduras del Orión?
31 “Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades, or loosen the cords of Orion?
32 Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
32 ¿Sacarás tú á su tiempo los signos de los cielos, ó guiarás el Arcturo con sus hijos?
32 Can you lead the constellations out in their season? Or can you guide the Bear with her cubs?
33 Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
33 ¿Supiste tú las ordenanzas de los cielos? ¿dispondrás tú de su potestad en la tierra?
33 Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you establish its dominion over the earth?
34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
34 ¿Alzarás tú á las nubes tu voz, para que te cubra muchedumbre de aguas?
34 “Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover you?
35 Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we [are]?
35 ¿Enviarás tú los relámpagos, para que ellos vayan? ¿y diránte ellos: Henos aquí?
35 Can you send out lightnings, that they may go? Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?
36 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?
36 ¿Quién puso la sabiduría en el interior? ¿ó quién dió al entendimiento la inteligencia?
36 Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who has given understanding to the mind?
37 Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
37 ¿Quién puso por cuenta los cielos con sabiduría? y los odres de los cielos, ¿quién los hace parar,
37 Who can count the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the containers of the sky,
38 When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?
38 Cuando el polvo se ha convertido en dureza, y los terrones se han pegado unos con otros?
38 when the dust runs into a mass, and the clods of earth stick together?
39 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,
39 No está en esta traducción
39 “Can you hunt the prey for the lioness, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
40 When they couch in [their] dens, [and] abide in the covert to lie in wait?
40 No está en esta traducción
40 when they crouch in their dens, and lie in wait in the thicket?
41 Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.
41 No está en esta traducción
41 Who provides for the raven his prey, when his young ones cry to God, and wander for lack of food?
Referencias cruzadas (40)
Pasajes relacionados con cada versículo, del Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, tal como los reúnen y ordenan los lectores de OpenBible.info.
- 1 Job 40:6; 2 Reyes 2:11; Job 37:1–2; Éxodo 19:16–19; 1 Reyes 19:11
- 2 Job 42:3; Job 35:16; 1 Timoteo 1:7; Job 34:35; Job 27:11
- 3 Job 40:7; Jeremías 1:17; Éxodo 12:11; 1 Reyes 18:46; 1 Pedro 1:13
- 4 Salmo 104:5; Hebreos 1:10; Proverbios 30:4; Hebreos 1:2; Salmo 102:25
- 5 Isaías 40:12; Job 11:9; Zacarías 2:1–2; Proverbios 8:27; Isaías 40:22
- 6 Job 26:7; Salmo 104:5; Salmo 93:1; Isaías 28:16; 2 Pedro 3:5
- 7 Apocalipsis 5:11; Job 1:6; Esdras 3:11–12; Apocalipsis 22:16; Apocalipsis 2:28
- 8 Génesis 1:9; Proverbios 8:29; Jeremías 5:22; Salmo 104:8–9; Salmo 33:7
- 9 Génesis 1:2
- 10 Jeremías 5:22; Salmo 104:9; Salmo 33:7; Job 26:10; Génesis 1:9–10
- 11 Salmo 89:9; Proverbios 8:29; Salmo 65:6–7; Lucas 8:32–33; Marcos 4:39–41
- 12 Salmo 74:16; Salmo 148:3–5; Génesis 1:5; Job 8:9; Salmo 136:7–8
- 13 Salmo 104:35; Job 37:3; Éxodo 14:27; Salmo 104:21–22; Job 24:13–17
- 14 Salmo 104:6; Salmo 104:2
- 15 Salmo 10:15; Salmo 37:17; Job 18:5; Proverbios 4:19; Ezequiel 30:22
- 16 Proverbios 8:24; Salmo 77:19; Job 26:5–6; Jeremías 51:36
- 17 Salmo 9:13; Salmo 107:18; Job 3:5; Job 12:22; Salmo 107:14
- 18 Apocalipsis 20:9; Salmo 89:11–12; Jeremías 31:37; Isaías 40:28; Job 28:24
- 19 Ezequiel 32:8; Mateo 27:45; Isaías 45:7; Génesis 1:3–4; Amós 4:13
- 20 Job 26:10; Génesis 10:19; Génesis 23:17
- 21 Job 15:7; Job 38:4; Job 38:12
- 22 Job 37:6; Salmo 135:7; Salmo 33:7; Job 6:16
- 23 Josué 10:11; Isaías 30:30; Apocalipsis 16:21; Éxodo 9:18; Job 36:13
- 24 Job 38:12–13; Jonás 4:8; Mateo 24:27
- 25 Job 28:26; Salmo 29:3–10; Job 36:27–28; Job 37:3–6
- 26 Jeremías 14:22; Salmo 107:35; Hebreos 6:7–8; Isaías 35:1–2; Isaías 43:19–20
- 27 Salmo 107:35; Salmo 104:14
- 28 Jeremías 14:22; Salmo 147:8; Jeremías 10:13; Proverbios 3:20; Deuteronomio 33:13
- 29 Salmo 147:16–17; Job 37:10; Job 6:16; Job 38:8
- 30 Job 37:10
- 31 Amós 5:8; Job 9:9
- 32 Job 38:31; 2 Reyes 23:5; Job 9:9
- 33 Jeremías 31:35–36; Génesis 8:22; Salmo 148:6; Job 38:12–13; Jeremías 33:25
- 34 Job 22:11; Zacarías 10:1; Santiago 5:18; Job 36:27–28; 1 Samuel 12:18
- 35 Job 36:32; Job 37:3; 2 Reyes 1:14; Apocalipsis 11:5–6; Números 16:35
- 36 Job 32:8; Salmo 51:6; Proverbios 2:6; Eclesiastés 2:26; Santiago 1:5
- 37 Salmo 147:4; Génesis 9:15; Génesis 8:1; Génesis 15:5
- 39 Salmo 104:21; Job 4:10–11; Salmo 34:10; Salmo 145:15–16
- 40 Job 37:8; Números 24:9; Números 23:24; Génesis 49:9
- 41 Lucas 12:24; Mateo 6:26; Salmo 147:9; Salmo 104:27–28
Referencias cruzadas: OpenBible.info (CC BY), tomadas sobre todo del Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (dominio público). · Fuentes y licencias
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Cómo se eligieron
«Comentario» es el comienzo de una homilía o exposición sobre este capítulo (homilías de san Juan Crisóstomo; tratados, sermones y comentarios a los Salmos de san Agustín). «Cita» es una frase en la que las notas de la propia edición identifican la cita de un versículo de este capítulo; solo se conserva si el texto coincide con el versículo. Solo se usan obras de autoría segura. Los Salmos siguen la numeración hebrea (Agustín usa la de los Setenta: su Salmo 50 es aquí el 51).
Who is the father of the rain? And who hath begotten the drops of dew?
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
And yet, O talkative Dialectician, I will ask thee one small question, and answer thou me, as He saith to Job, Who through whirlwind and cloud giveth Divine admonitions. Are there many mansions in God's House, as thou hast heard, or only one?
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
Put then a limit to your thought, so that your curiosity in investigating the incomprehensible may not incur the reproaches of Job, and you be not asked by him, "Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened?" If ever you hear in the Psalms, "I bear up the pillars of it;" see in these pillars the power which sustains it.
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)
… condensed the air into clouds, and bade them carry the waters of the rain, now bringing golden-tinted clouds from the north, now changing these into one uniform appearance, and again transforming them into manifold circles and other shapes? Who can number the clouds in wisdom?
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
Whereof in Job it saith, And He knoweth the separations of the clouds, and hath bent down the heaven to the earth: and, He who numbereth the clouds in wisdom: and, the cloud is not rent under Him.
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)