Job 15
Santa Biblia Libre Latinoamericana
1Entonces Elifaz de Temán respondió:
2“¿Acaso un sabio responde con palabras vacías y se llena el pecho con el viento del este?
3¿Debe discutir con argumentos que no sirven para nada, o con discursos que no benefician a nadie?
4Tú, en cambio, pierdes todo respeto a Dios y estorbas la devoción ante él.
5Es tu maldad la que dicta tus palabras; has elegido el lenguaje de los tramposos.
6Tu propia boca te condena, no yo; tus mismos labios testifican en tu contra.
7“¿Acaso naciste tú antes que nadie? ¿Fuiste creado antes que las colinas?
8¿Has escuchado los planes secretos de Dios? ¿Acaso crees que eres el único sabio?
9¿Qué sabes tú que nosotros no sepamos? ¿Qué entiendes tú que para nosotros sea un misterio?
10Entre nosotros hay gente con canas y ancianos, personas mucho mayores que tu propio padre.
11¿Te parece poco el consuelo que Dios te da, o las palabras suaves que te dirigimos?
12¿Por qué te dejas llevar por tus impulsos? ¿Por qué te brillan los ojos de rabia,
13para que vuelvas tu espíritu contra Dios y dejes salir tales palabras de tu boca?
14¿Cómo puede el hombre ser puro? ¿Cómo puede ser justo el nacido de mujer?
15Si Dios no confía ni en sus ángeles, y ni los cielos son puros ante sus ojos,
16¡mucho menos el hombre, que es corrupto y despreciable, y que se bebe la maldad como si fuera agua!
17“Escúchame, que te lo voy a explicar; te voy a contar lo que he visto,
18lo que los sabios han relatado de sus padres sin ocultar nada;
19a ellos solos les fue entregada la tierra, y ningún extraño pasó entre ellos:
20El malvado sufre dolores toda su vida; el opresor tiene los años contados.
21Ruidos de terror resuenan en sus oídos; cuando está tranquilo, el destructor lo ataca.
22No tiene esperanza de volver de la oscuridad; sabe que la espada lo está esperando.
23Anda vagando en busca de pan, preguntando: ‘¿Dónde hay?’. Sabe que el día de la oscuridad está por alcanzarlo.
24El miedo y la angustia lo llenan de terror; lo vencen como un rey listo para la batalla.
25Porque levantó su mano contra Dios y desafió con orgullo al Todopoderoso.
26Lo atacó con terquedad, protegido tras sus gruesos escudos.
27Aunque tiene la cara gorda de tanto comer y le cuelga la grasa por la cintura,
28vivirá en ciudades en ruinas, en casas donde nadie habita, que están a punto de hacerse pedazos.
29No se hará rico, ni durará su fortuna; sus posesiones no se extenderán por la tierra.
30No escapará de la oscuridad; el fuego secará sus ramas y el soplo de Dios lo hará desaparecer.
31Que no confíe en cosas vanas ni se engañe, porque su recompensa será la nada.
32Se marchitará antes de tiempo; sus ramas nunca volverán a estar verdes.
33Será como una vid que pierde sus uvas verdes o como un olivo que deja caer sus flores.
34Porque el grupo de los malvados será estéril, y el fuego consumirá las casas de los que aceptan sobornos.
35Conciben maldad y producen malicia; en su interior solo preparan el engaño”.
Reina-Valera 1909
1Y RESPONDIÓ Eliphaz Temanita, y dijo:
2¿Si proferirá el sabio vana sabiduría, y henchirá su vientre de viento solano?
3¿Disputará con palabras inútiles, y con razones sin provecho?
4Tú también disipas el temor, y menoscabas la oración delante de Dios.
5Porque tu boca declaró tu iniquidad, pues has escogido el hablar de los astutos.
6Tu boca te condenará, y no yo; y tus labios testificarán contra ti.
7¿Naciste tú primero que Adam? ¿ó fuiste formado antes que los collados?
8¿Oíste tú el secreto de Dios, que detienes en ti solo la sabiduría?
9¿Qué sabes tú que no sepamos? ¿qué entiendes que no se halle en nosotros?
10Entre nosotros también hay cano, también hay viejo mucho mayor en días que tu padre.
11¿En tan poco tienes las consolaciones de Dios? ¿tienes acaso alguna cosa oculta cerca de ti?
12¿Por qué te enajena tu corazón, y por qué guiñan tus ojos,
13Pues haces frente á Dios con tu espíritu, y sacas tales palabras de tu boca?
14¿Qué cosa es el hombre para que sea limpio, y que se justifique el nacido de mujer?
15He aquí que en sus santos no confía, y ni los cielos son limpios delante de sus ojos:
16¿Cuánto menos el hombre abominable y vil, que bebe la iniquidad como agua?
17Escúchame; yo te mostraré y te contaré lo que he visto:
18(Lo que los sabios nos contaron de sus padres, y no lo encubrieron;
19A los cuales solos fué dada la tierra, y no pasó extraño por medio de ellos:)
20Todos los días del impío, él es atormentado de dolor, y el número de años es escondido al violento.
21Estruendos espantosos hay en sus oídos; en la paz le vendrá quien lo asuele.
22El no creerá que ha de volver de las tinieblas, y está mirando al cuchillo.
23Desasosegado á comer siempre, sabe que le está aparejado día de tinieblas.
24Tribulación y angustia le asombrarán, y esforzaránse contra él como un rey apercibido para la batalla.
25Por cuanto él extendió su mano contra Dios, y se esforzó contra el Todopoderoso,
26El le acometerá en la cerviz, en lo grueso de las hombreras de sus escudos:
27Porque cubrió su rostro con su gordura, é hizo pliegues sobre los ijares;
28Y habitó las ciudades asoladas, las casas inhabitadas, que estaban puestas en montones.
29No enriquecerá, ni será firme su potencia, ni extenderá por la tierra su hermosura.
30No se escapará de las tinieblas: la llama secará sus ramos, y con el aliento de su boca perecerá.
31No confíe el iluso en la vanidad; porque ella será su recompensa.
32El será cortado antes de su tiempo, y sus renuevos no reverdecerán.
33El perderá su agraz como la vid, y derramará su flor como la oliva.
34Porque la sociedad de los hipócritas será asolada, y fuego consumirá las tiendas de soborno.
35Concibieron dolor, y parieron iniquidad; y las entrañas de ellos meditan engaño.
King James Version
1Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
2Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
3Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
4Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.
5For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
6Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
7Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?
8Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
9What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us?
10With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.
11Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?
12Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,
13That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?
14What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
15Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.
16How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?
17I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare;
18Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:
19Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.
20The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.
21A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
22He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.
23He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
24Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
25For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.
26He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:
27Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.
28And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.
29He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.
30He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
31Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.
32It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.
33He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.
34For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.
35They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
World English Bible
1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
2“Should a wise man answer with vain knowledge, and fill himself with the east wind?
3Should he reason with unprofitable talk, or with speeches with which he can do no good?
4Yes, you do away with fear, and hinder devotion before God.
5For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.
6Your own mouth condemns you, and not I. Yes, your own lips testify against you.
7“Are you the first man who was born? Or were you brought out before the hills?
8Have you heard the secret counsel of God? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?
9What do you know that we don’t know? What do you understand which is not in us?
10With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, much older than your father.
11Are the consolations of God too small for you, even the word that is gentle toward you?
12Why does your heart carry you away? Why do your eyes flash,
13that you turn your spirit against God, and let such words go out of your mouth?
14What is man, that he should be clean? What is he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
15Behold, he puts no trust in his holy ones. Yes, the heavens are not clean in his sight;
16how much less one who is abominable and corrupt, a man who drinks iniquity like water!
17“I will show you, listen to me; that which I have seen I will declare
18(which wise men have told by their fathers, and have not hidden it;
19to whom alone the land was given, and no stranger passed among them):
20the wicked man writhes in pain all his days, even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.
21A sound of terrors is in his ears. In prosperity the destroyer will come on him.
22He doesn’t believe that he will return out of darkness. He is waited for by the sword.
23He wanders abroad for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’ He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
24Distress and anguish make him afraid. They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
25Because he has stretched out his hand against God, and behaves himself proudly against the Almighty,
26he runs at him with a stiff neck, with the thick shields of his bucklers,
27because he has covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat on his thighs.
28He has lived in desolate cities, in houses which no one inhabited, which were ready to become heaps.
29He will not be rich, neither will his substance continue, neither will their possessions be extended on the earth.
30He will not depart out of darkness. The flame will dry up his branches. He will go away by the breath of God’s mouth.
31Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself, for emptiness will be his reward.
32It will be accomplished before his time. His branch will not be green.
33He will shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and will cast off his flower as the olive tree.
34For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of bribery.
35They conceive mischief and produce iniquity. Their heart prepares deceit.”