Job 33
Lexham English Bible
Elihu Rebukes Job
33 “But now, please hear my speeches,[a] Job,
and hear[b] all my words.
2 Please look, I open my mouth;
my tongue in my mouth speaks.
3 My words declare my heart’s uprightness,
and my lips sincerely speak what my lips know.[c]
4 The Spirit of God has made me,
and the breath of Shaddai gives life to me.
5 “If you are able, answer me.
Present your argument before me;[d] take your stand.
6 Look, before God I am like you;[e]
I myself was also formed from clay.
7 Look, dread of me should not terrify you,
and my hand will not be heavy upon you.
8 “Surely you have spoken in my ears,
and I have heard the sound of your words:[f]
9 ‘I am clean, without transgression;
I am pure, and there is no guilt in me.
10 Look, he finds fault against me;
he reckons me as his enemy;
11 he puts my feet in the block;
he watches all my paths.’
12 “Look, in this you are not right—I will answer you:
Indeed, God is greater than a human being.
13 Why do you contend against him,
that he will not answer all a person’s words?
14 Indeed, God speaks in one way,
even[g] in two,[h] yet someone does not perceive it.
15 “In a dream, a vision of the night,
when a deep sleep falls on men slumbering on their bed,
16 then he opens the ear of men,
and he frightens them with a warning[i]
17 to turn human beings aside from their deeds,
and he keeps man from pride.
18 He spares his life from the pit
and his life from passing over the river of death.
19 “And he is reproved with pain on his bed,
even[j] with the strife of his bones continually,
20 so that[k] his life loathes bread,
and his inner self[l] loathes appetizing food.[m]
21 His flesh is wasted away from sight,
and his bones, which are invisible, are bared.
22 And he[n] draws near to the pit
and his life to the killers.
23 “If there is a messenger beside him, a mediator, one of a thousand,[o]
to declare to a human being his uprightness
24 so that[p] he is gracious to him, and he says,
‘Deliver him from descending into the pit;
I have found a ransom.’
25 His flesh is renewed with his youth;
he returns to the days of his youthful strength.
26 He prays to God, then he accepts him,
and he sees his face with a shout of joy,
and he repays to the human being his righteousness.
27 “He will sing to men, and he will say,
‘I have sinned and have perverted what is right,
and it was not paid back to me.
28 He redeemed my life from going down into the pit,
so[q] I will enjoy the light.’[r]
29 Look, God does all these things
twice, three times[s] with a person
30 to bring his life back from the pit
so that he may enjoy the light of life.[t]
31 “Listen attentively, Job; listen to me;
be silent, and I will speak.
32 If you have anything to say,[u] answer me;[v]
speak, for I desire to justify you.[w]
33 If not, you listen to me;
be silent, and I will teach you wisdom.”
Footnotes
- Job 33:1 Or “my sentences,” or “what I have to say”
- Job 33:1 Or “give ear to”
- Job 33:3 Literally “the knowledge of my lips”
- Job 33:5 Literally “to the face of me”
- Job 33:6 Literally “I am like your mouth”
- Job 33:8 Or “sentences,” or “what you say”
- Job 33:14 Hebrew “and”
- Job 33:14 Or “time and again” (NJPS, HCSB)
- Job 33:16 Literally “with their warning he frightens”
- Job 33:19 Hebrew “and”
- Job 33:20 Hebrew “and”
- Job 33:20 Or “soul”
- Job 33:20 Literally “food of desire”
- Job 33:22 Literally “his inner self/soul”
- Job 33:23 That is, “unique,” or “one of a kind”
- Job 33:24 Hebrew “and”
- Job 33:28 Hebrew “and”
- Job 33:28 Literally “my life in the light will see”
- Job 33:29 Or “time and again,” or “oftentimes” (NASB, NASU), or “several times”
- Job 33:30 Literally “to be lighted with the light of the life”
- Job 33:32 Literally “If there are words,” or “If there are sentences”
- Job 33:32 Literally “return to me”
- Job 33:32 Literally “your righteousness”
Job 33
La Biblia de las Américas
Eliú censura a Job
33 Por tanto, Job, oye ahora mi discurso,
y presta atención a todas mis palabras(A).
2 He aquí, ahora abro mi boca,
en mi paladar habla mi lengua.
3 Mis palabras proceden de la rectitud de mi corazón,
y con sinceridad mis labios hablan lo que saben[a](B).
4 El Espíritu de Dios me ha hecho(C),
y el aliento del Todopoderoso[b] me da vida(D).
5 Contradíceme si puedes(E);
colócate delante de mí, ponte en pie.
6 He aquí, yo como tú, pertenezco a Dios;
del barro yo también he sido formado[c](F).
7 He aquí, mi temor no te debe espantar,
ni mi mano[d] agravarse sobre ti(G).
8 Ciertamente has hablado a oídos míos,
y el sonido de tus palabras he oído:
9 «Yo soy limpio(H), sin transgresión(I);
soy inocente y en mí no hay culpa(J).
10 He aquí, Él busca[e] pretextos contra mí;
me tiene por enemigo suyo(K).
11 Pone mis pies en el cepo;
vigila todas mis sendas(L)».
12 He aquí, déjame decirte[f] que no tienes razón en esto,
porque Dios es más grande que el hombre(M).
13 ¿Por qué te quejas contra Él,
diciendo que no da cuenta de todas sus acciones(N)?
14 Ciertamente Dios habla una vez,
y otra vez[g](O), pero nadie se da cuenta de ello.
15 (P)En un sueño, en una visión nocturna,
cuando un sueño profundo cae sobre los hombres,
mientras dormitan en sus lechos,
16 entonces Él abre el oído de los hombres,
y sella su instrucción(Q),
17 para apartar al hombre de sus obras,
y del orgullo guardarlo[h];
18 libra su alma de la fosa(R)
y su vida de pasar al Seol[i](S).
19 El hombre es castigado también con dolor en su lecho,
y con queja continua en sus huesos(T),
20 para que su vida aborrezca el pan,
y su alma el alimento favorito(U).
21 Su carne desaparece a la vista(V),
y sus huesos que no se veían, aparecen(W).
22 Entonces su alma se acerca a la fosa(X),
y su vida a los que causan la muerte.
23 Si hay un ángel que sea su mediador(Y),
uno entre mil,
para declarar al hombre lo que es bueno para él[j],
24 y que tenga piedad de él, y diga:
«Líbralo de descender a la fosa(Z),
he hallado su rescate(AA)»;
25 que su carne se vuelva más tierna que en su juventud,
que regrese a los días de su vigor juvenil.
26 Entonces orará a Dios, y Él lo aceptará(AB),
para que vea con gozo su rostro(AC),
y restaure su justicia al hombre.
27 Cantará él a los hombres y dirá:
«He pecado(AD) y pervertido lo que es justo(AE),
y no es apropiado para mí.
28 Él ha redimido mi alma de descender a la fosa,
y mi vida verá la luz(AF)».
29 He aquí, Dios hace todo esto a menudo[k] con los hombres(AG),
30 para rescatar su alma de la fosa(AH),
para que sea iluminado con la luz de la vida.
31 Pon atención, Job, escúchame;
calla, y déjame hablar.
32 Si algo tienes que decir[l], respóndeme;
habla, porque deseo justificarte.
33 Si no, escúchame;
calla, y te enseñaré sabiduría(AI).
Footnotes
- Job 33:3 O, conocimiento
- Job 33:4 Lit., Shaddai
- Job 33:6 Lit., cortado
- Job 33:7 Lit., presión
- Job 33:10 Lit., halla
- Job 33:12 Lit., te respondo
- Job 33:14 Lit., dos veces
- Job 33:17 Lit., esconder al hombre
- Job 33:18 En el T.M., perecer por la espada
- Job 33:23 Lit., su rectitud
- Job 33:29 Lit., dos veces, tres veces
- Job 33:32 Lit., hay palabras
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