Job 24
La Biblia de las Américas
Queja de Job
24 ¿Por qué no se reserva los tiempos[a] el Todopoderoso[b](A),
y por qué no ven sus[c] días los que le conocen(B)?
2 Algunos quitan los linderos(C),
roban y devoran[d] los rebaños.
3 Se llevan los asnos de los huérfanos(D),
toman en prenda el buey de la viuda(E).
4 Apartan del camino a los necesitados(F),
hacen que se escondan enteramente los pobres de la tierra(G).
5 He aquí, como asnos monteses en el desierto(H),
salen con afán en busca de alimento[e](I)
y de pan[f] para sus hijos en el yermo.
6 Cosechan su forraje en el campo,
y vendimian la viña del impío.
7 Pasan la noche desnudos, sin ropa(J),
y no tienen cobertura contra el frío.
8 Mojados están con los aguaceros de los montes,
y se abrazan a la peña por falta de abrigo.
9 Otros arrancan al huérfano(K) del pecho,
y contra el pobre exigen prenda.
10 Hacen que el pobre ande desnudo, sin ropa,
y al hambriento quitan las gavillas.
11 Entre sus paredes producen aceite;
pisan los lagares, pero pasan sed.
12 Desde la ciudad gimen los hombres,
y claman las almas de los heridos,
pero Dios no hace caso(L) a su oración[g].
13 Otros han estado con los que se rebelan contra la luz;
no quieren conocer sus caminos,
ni morar en sus sendas.
14 Al amanecer se levanta(M) el asesino;
mata al pobre y al necesitado(N),
y de noche es como un ladrón.
15 El ojo del adúltero espera el anochecer(O),
diciendo: «Ningún ojo me verá»,
y disfraza[h] su rostro.
16 En la oscuridad minan las casas(P),
y de día se encierran;
no conocen la luz(Q).
17 Porque para él la mañana es como densa oscuridad,
pues está acostumbrado a los terrores(R) de la densa oscuridad.
18 Sobre la superficie de las aguas(S) son insignificantes[i];
maldita(T) es su porción sobre la tierra,
nadie se vuelve hacia[j] las viñas(U).
19 La sequía y el calor consumen[k] las aguas de la nieve(V),
y el Seol[l](W) a los que han pecado.
20 La madre[m] lo olvidará(X);
el gusano(Y) lo saboreará hasta que nadie se acuerde de él(Z),
y la iniquidad será quebrantada como un árbol(AA).
21 Maltrata a la mujer estéril[n],
y no hace ningún bien a la viuda(AB).
22 Pero Él arrastra a los poderosos con su poder(AC);
cuando se levanta, nadie está seguro de la vida(AD).
23 Les provee seguridad(AE) y son sostenidos,
y los ojos de Él están en sus caminos(AF).
24 Son exaltados por poco tiempo, después desaparecen(AG);
además son humillados(AH) y como todo, recogidos;
como las cabezas de las espigas son cortados.
25 Y si no, ¿quién podrá desmentirme(AI),
y reducir a nada mi discurso?
Footnotes
- Job 24:1 I.e., tiempos de juicio
- Job 24:1 Heb., Shaddai
- Job 24:1 I.e., los días de Él
- Job 24:2 O, apacientan
- Job 24:5 Lit., presa
- Job 24:5 Lit., su pan
- Job 24:12 Así en dos mss. y en la versión siriaca; en el T.M., necedad
- Job 24:15 O, pone un velo sobre
- Job 24:18 O, ligeros, o, veloces
- Job 24:18 Lit., al camino de
- Job 24:19 Lit., se apoderan de
- Job 24:19 I.e., región de los muertos
- Job 24:20 Lit., Un seno materno
- Job 24:21 Lit., estéril que no da a luz
Job 24
New King James Version
Job Complains of Violence on the Earth
2 “Some remove (C)landmarks;
They seize flocks violently and feed on them;
3 They drive away the donkey of the fatherless;
They (D)take the widow’s ox as a pledge.
4 They push the needy off the road;
All the (E)poor of the land are forced to hide.
5 Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert,
They go out to their work, searching for food.
The wilderness yields food for them and for their children.
6 They gather their fodder in the field
And glean in the vineyard of the wicked.
7 They (F)spend the night naked, without clothing,
And have no covering in the cold.
8 They are wet with the showers of the mountains,
And (G)huddle around the rock for want of shelter.
9 “Some snatch the fatherless from the breast,
And take a pledge from the poor.
10 They cause the poor to go naked, without (H)clothing;
And they take away the sheaves from the hungry.
11 They press out oil within their walls,
And tread winepresses, yet suffer thirst.
12 The dying groan in the city,
And the souls of the wounded cry out;
Yet God does not charge them with wrong.
13 “There are those who rebel against the light;
They do not know its ways
Nor abide in its paths.
14 (I)The murderer rises with the light;
He kills the poor and needy;
And in the night he is like a thief.
15 (J)The eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight,
(K)Saying, ‘No eye will see me’;
And he [a]disguises his face.
16 In the dark they break into houses
Which they marked for themselves in the daytime;
(L)They do not know the light.
17 For the morning is the same to them as the shadow of death;
If someone recognizes them,
They are in the terrors of the shadow of death.
18 “They should be swift on the face of the waters,
Their portion should be cursed in the earth,
So that no one would turn into the way of their vineyards.
19 As drought and heat [b]consume the snow waters,
So [c]the grave consumes those who have sinned.
20 The womb should forget him,
The worm should feed sweetly on him;
(M)He should be remembered no more,
And wickedness should be broken like a tree.
21 For he [d]preys on the barren who do not bear,
And does no good for the widow.
22 “But God draws the mighty away with His power;
He rises up, but no man is sure of life.
23 He gives them security, and they rely on it;
Yet (N)His eyes are on their ways.
24 They are exalted for a little while,
Then they are gone.
They are brought low;
They are [e]taken out of the way like all others;
They dry out like the heads of grain.
25 “Now if it is not so, who will prove me a liar,
And make my speech worth nothing?”
Job 24
King James Version
24 Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?
2 Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.
3 They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
4 They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.
5 Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.
6 They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.
7 They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.
8 They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
9 They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
10 They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;
11 Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
12 Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.
13 They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
14 The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
15 The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.
16 In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
17 For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.
18 He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.
19 Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.
20 The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.
21 He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.
22 He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.
23 Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways.
24 They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.
25 And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
