Job 20 – NVI & KJV

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Job 20:1-29

Segundo discurso de Zofar

1A esto respondió Zofar de Namat:

2«Mis turbados pensamientos me hacen replicar,

pues me hallo muy desconcertado.

3He escuchado una reprensión que me deshonra

y mi inteligencia me obliga a responder.

4»Bien sabes tú que desde antaño,

desde que Dios puso al ser humano20:4 al ser humano. Alt. a Adán. en la tierra,

5muy breve ha sido la algarabía del malvado

y la alegría del impío ha sido pasajera.

6Aunque su orgullo llegue hasta los cielos

y alcance a tocar con la cabeza las nubes,

7él perecerá para siempre, como su excremento,

y sus allegados dirán: “¿Qué se hizo?”.

8Como un sueño, como una visión nocturna,

se desvanecerá y no volverá a ser hallado.

9Los ojos que lo vieron no volverán a verlo;

su lugar no volverá a contemplarlo.

10Sus hijos tendrán que indemnizar a los pobres;

ellos mismos restituirán las riquezas de su padre.

11El vigor juvenil que hoy sostiene sus huesos

un día reposará en el polvo con él.

12»Aunque en su boca el mal sabe dulce

y lo disimula bajo la lengua,

13y aunque no lo suelta para nada,

sino que tenazmente lo retiene,

14ese pan se le agriará en el estómago;

dentro de él se volverá veneno de áspid.

15Vomitará las riquezas que se engulló;

Dios hará que las arroje de su vientre.

16Chupará veneno de serpientes;

la lengua de un áspid lo matará.

17No disfrutará de los arroyos,

de los ríos de crema y miel;

18no se engullirá las ganancias de sus negocios;

no disfrutará de sus riquezas,

19porque oprimió al pobre y lo dejó sin nada,

y se adueñó de casas que nunca construyó.

20»Su ambición nunca quedó satisfecha;

no se salvará con su tesoro.

21Nada se libró de su voracidad;

por eso no perdurará su bienestar.

22En medio de la abundancia, lo abrumará la angustia;

le sobrevendrá toda la fuerza de la desgracia.

23Cuando el malvado se haya llenado el vientre,

Dios dará rienda suelta a su enojo contra él

y descargará sobre él sus golpes.

24Aunque huya de las armas de hierro,

una flecha de bronce lo atravesará.

25Cuando del hígado y de la espalda

intente sacarse la punta de la flecha,

se verá sobrecogido de espanto,

26y la oscuridad total acechará sus tesoros.

Un fuego no atizado acabará con él

y con todo lo que haya quedado de su casa.

27Los cielos harán pública su culpa;

la tierra se levantará a denunciarlo.

28En el día de la ira de Dios,

un aluvión arrasará con su casa.

29Tal es el fin que Dios reserva al malvado;

tal es la herencia que le asignó».

King James Version

Job 20:1-29

1Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, 2Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.20.2 I make…: Heb. my haste is in me 3I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer. 4Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth, 5That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?20.5 short: Heb. from near 6Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;20.6 clouds: Heb. cloud 7Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he? 8He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night. 9The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.

10His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.20.10 His children…: or, The poor shall oppress his children 11His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust. 12Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue; 13Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:20.13 within…: Heb. in the midst of his palate 14Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him. 15He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly. 16He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper’s tongue shall slay him. 17He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.20.17 the floods…: or, streaming brooks 18That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein.20.18 his…: Heb. the substance of his exchange 19Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;20.19 oppressed: Heb. crushed 20Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.20.20 feel: Heb. know 21There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.20.21 none…: or, be none left for his meat 22In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.20.22 wicked: or, troublesome

23When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating. 24He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through. 25It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him. 26All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle. 27The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him. 28The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath. 29This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.20.29 appointed…: Heb. of his decree from God