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Job 14
Reina Valera Contemporánea
Job 14
Reina Valera Contemporánea
14 »Todos los que nacemos de una mujer
vivimos muy poco y sufrimos demasiado.
2 Somos como las flores: al cortarlas se marchitan;
somos como sombras: efímeras y pasajeras.
3 ¿Y sobre alguien así pones los ojos?
¿Y con alguien así entras en juicio?
4 ¿Acaso la impureza puede purificarse?
¡Eso es algo que nadie puede lograr!
5 Los días del hombre ya están contados;
tú has decidido ya cuántos meses vivirá;
su vida tiene un límite que no puede traspasar.
6 ¡Deja de mirarlo! ¡Déjalo tranquilo!
¡Deja que goce de la vida antes de morir!
7 »Al árbol cortado, le quedan raíces;
y vuelve a retoñar, y no le faltan renuevos.
8 Tal vez con el paso del tiempo envejezca su raíz,
y su tronco llegue a morir en el polvo,
9 pero al sentir el agua, cobra vida,
y crece y echa nuevo follaje.
10 Pero si el hombre muere, termina su vida;
si el hombre perece, ¿a dónde va a parar?
11 ¡Se evapora, como el agua del mar!
¡Desaparece, como el agua de un río seco!
12 El hombre muere y no vuelve a levantarse;
¡mientras el cielo exista, no se levantará de su sueño!
13 »Quisiera que me escondieras en el sepulcro,
que me ocultaras mientras se aplaca tu enojo,
que te fijaras un plazo para acordarte de mí!
14 Cuando el hombre muere, ¿acaso vuelve a vivir?
Mientras tenga que cumplir mi servicio obligatorio,
esperaré con paciencia a que llegue mi relevo.
15 Cuando tú me llames, yo te responderé;
y te deleitarás en la obra de tus manos.
16 Dejarás entonces de vigilar todos mis pasos,
y dejarás también de contar todos mis pecados,
17 echarás en un saco y guardarás todas mis locuras,
y cubrirás por completo mis injusticias.
18 »El monte que se desgaja, no vuelve a levantarse;
ruedan sus peñas y cambian de lugar;
19 el ímpetu del agua desgasta las piedras,
el aluvión arrastra el polvo de la tierra,
y tú pones fin a nuestras esperanzas.
20 Nos apabullas, y desaparecemos;
nos avasallas, y entonces nos despides.
21 Si nuestros hijos llegan a triunfar, no lo sabremos;
tampoco llegaremos a saber si caen en la deshonra.
22 Solamente sabremos de nuestros sufrimientos,
y cargaremos con nuestra propia tristeza.»
Job 14
New International Version
Job 14
New International Version
14 “Mortals, born of woman,(A)
are of few days(B) and full of trouble.(C)
2 They spring up like flowers(D) and wither away;(E)
like fleeting shadows,(F) they do not endure.(G)
3 Do you fix your eye on them?(H)
Will you bring them[a] before you for judgment?(I)
4 Who can bring what is pure(J) from the impure?(K)
No one!(L)
5 A person’s days are determined;(M)
you have decreed the number of his months(N)
and have set limits he cannot exceed.(O)
6 So look away from him and let him alone,(P)
till he has put in his time like a hired laborer.(Q)
7 “At least there is hope for a tree:(R)
If it is cut down, it will sprout again,
and its new shoots(S) will not fail.(T)
8 Its roots may grow old in the ground
and its stump(U) die in the soil,
9 yet at the scent of water(V) it will bud
and put forth shoots like a plant.(W)
10 But a man dies and is laid low;(X)
he breathes his last and is no more.(Y)
11 As the water of a lake dries up
or a riverbed becomes parched and dry,(Z)
12 so he lies down and does not rise;(AA)
till the heavens are no more,(AB) people will not awake
or be roused from their sleep.(AC)
13 “If only you would hide me in the grave(AD)
and conceal me till your anger has passed!(AE)
If only you would set me a time
and then remember(AF) me!(AG)
14 If someone dies, will they live again?
All the days of my hard service(AH)
I will wait for my renewal[b](AI) to come.
15 You will call and I will answer you;(AJ)
you will long for the creature your hands have made.(AK)
16 Surely then you will count my steps(AL)
but not keep track of my sin.(AM)
17 My offenses will be sealed(AN) up in a bag;(AO)
you will cover over my sin.(AP)
18 “But as a mountain erodes and crumbles(AQ)
and as a rock is moved from its place,(AR)
19 as water wears away stones
and torrents(AS) wash away the soil,(AT)
so you destroy a person’s hope.(AU)
20 You overpower them once for all, and they are gone;(AV)
you change their countenance and send them away.(AW)
21 If their children are honored, they do not know it;
if their offspring are brought low, they do not see it.(AX)
22 They feel but the pain of their own bodies(AY)
and mourn only for themselves.(AZ)”
Job 14
English Standard Version
Job 14
English Standard Version
Job Continues: Death Comes Soon to All
14 “Man who is (A)born of a woman
is (B)few of days and (C)full of trouble.
2 He comes out like (D)a flower and (E)withers;
he flees like (F)a shadow and continues not.
3 And do you (G)open your eyes on such a one
and (H)bring me into judgment with you?
4 Who can bring (I)a clean thing out of an unclean?
There is not one.
5 Since his (J)days are determined,
and (K)the number of his months is with you,
and you have appointed his limits that he cannot pass,
6 (L)look away from him and leave him alone,[a]
that he may enjoy, like (M)a hired hand, his day.
7 “For there is hope for a tree,
if it be cut down, that it will sprout again,
and that its shoots will not cease.
8 Though its root grow old in the earth,
and (N)its stump die in the soil,
9 yet at the scent of water it will bud
and put out (O)branches like a young plant.
10 But a man dies and is laid low;
man breathes his last, and (P)where is he?
11 (Q)As waters fail from a lake
and a river wastes away and dries up,
12 so a man lies down and rises not again;
till (R)the heavens are no more he will not awake
or be (S)roused out of his sleep.
13 Oh that you would (T)hide me in (U)Sheol,
that you would (V)conceal me (W)until your wrath be past,
that you would appoint me a set time, and remember me!
14 If a man dies, shall he live again?
All the days of my (X)service I would (Y)wait,
till my renewal[b] should come.
15 You would (Z)call, and I would answer you;
you would long for the (AA)work of your hands.
16 For then you would (AB)number my steps;
you would not keep (AC)watch over my sin;
17 my transgression would be (AD)sealed up in a bag,
and you would cover over my iniquity.
18 “But the mountain falls and (AE)crumbles away,
and (AF)the rock is removed from its place;
19 the waters wear away the stones;
the torrents wash away the soil of the earth;
so you destroy the hope of man.
20 You prevail forever against him, and he passes;
you change his countenance, and send him away.
21 His sons come to honor, and he (AG)does not know it;
they are brought low, and he perceives it not.
22 He feels only the pain of his own body,
and he mourns only for himself.”
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