Job 42
Palabra de Dios para Todos
Job responde al Señor
42 Entonces Job le respondió al SEÑOR:
2 «Sé que tú puedes hacer lo que quieras,
y que no se puede detener ninguno de tus planes.
3 Tú preguntaste:
“¿Quién es el que con su falta de conocimiento oscurece mi consejo?”
Yo fui quien hablaba sin saber lo que decía.
Hablé sobre asuntos tan maravillosos para mí
que quedaban fuera de mi entendimiento.
4 »Tú dijiste: “Óyeme y hablaré.
Te preguntaré y tú me explicarás”.
5 Yo sólo sabía de ti de oídas,
pero ahora mis ojos te han visto.
6 Por eso me retracto de lo que he dicho
y veo que sólo soy polvo y ceniza».[a]
El Señor regaña a los amigos de Job
7 Una vez que el SEÑOR terminó de hablarle a Job, el SEÑOR se dirigió a Elifaz de Temán: «Estoy muy enojado contigo y tus dos compañeros, porque ustedes no hablaron lo que es correcto acerca de mí, cosa que Job sí hizo. 8 Así que ahora tomen siete toros y siete carneros, y llévenselos a mi siervo Job. Ofrézcanlos por ustedes como sacrificio que debe quemarse completamente. Mi siervo Job orará por ustedes. Yo escucharé a Job y no trataré directamente con ustedes porque no hablaron lo que es verdad acerca de mí, en cambio mi siervo Job sí lo hizo».
9 Entonces Elifaz de Temán, Bildad de Súah y Zofar de Namat obedecieron al SEÑOR. Y el SEÑOR respondió la oración de Job.
Dios restaura la prosperidad de Job
10 Y el SEÑOR le restauró a Job su fortuna después que él oró pidiendo por sus amigos. El SEÑOR le dio dos veces más de lo que tenía antes. 11 Entonces todos sus hermanos y hermanas, y toda la gente que lo había conocido desde antes, lo visitaron y comieron con él en su casa. Todos ellos compartieron su dolor y lo consolaron por todo el mal que el SEÑOR lo había dejado sufrir. Cada uno le llevó a Job una moneda de plata y un anillo de oro.
12 El SEÑOR bendijo la última parte de la vida de Job más que la primera. Job recibió 14 000 ovejas, 6000 camellos, 1000 yuntas de bueyes y 1000 burras. 13 También recibió siete hijos y tres hijas. 14 Job llamó a la primera hija Paloma, a la segunda Canela, y a la tercera Bonita[b]. 15 Las hijas de Job fueron las mujeres más bellas de todo el país y él le dio a cada una de ellas su parte de la herencia junto con sus hermanos.[c] 16 Job vivió ciento 40 años más, lo suficiente para ver a sus hijos, nietos, bisnietos y tataranietos. 17 Murió muy anciano después de disfrutar una larga vida.
Footnotes
- 42:6 polvo y ceniza La gente se sentaba sobre el polvo y las cenizas cuando lamentaban algo.
- 42:14 Bonita Textualmente Frasquito de cosméticos.
- 42:15 Lo normal era que las propiedades de una persona fueran repartidas sólo entre los hijos varones, pero aquí, también las hijas de Job reciben su parte.
Job 42
English Standard Version
Job's Confession and Repentance
42 Then Job answered the Lord and said:
2 “I know that you can (A)do all things,
and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted.
3 (B)‘Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?’
Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand,
things (C)too wonderful for me, which I did not know.
4 ‘Hear, and I will speak;
(D)I will question you, and you make it known to me.’
5 I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear,
but now my eye sees you;
6 therefore I despise myself,
and repent in[a] (E)dust and ashes.”
The Lord Rebukes Job's Friends
7 After the Lord had spoken these words to Job, the Lord said to Eliphaz (F)the Temanite: “My anger burns against you and against your two friends, for you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has. 8 Now therefore take (G)seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and (H)offer up a burnt offering for yourselves. And my servant Job shall (I)pray for you, for I will accept his prayer not to deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has.” 9 (J)So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went and did what the Lord had told them, and the Lord accepted Job's prayer.
The Lord Restores Job's Fortunes
10 And the Lord (K)restored the fortunes of Job, when he had prayed for his friends. And the Lord gave Job (L)twice as much as he had before. 11 Then came to him all his (M)brothers and sisters and all who had (N)known him before, and ate bread with him in his house. And they (O)showed him sympathy and comforted him for all the evil[b] that the Lord had brought upon him. And each of them gave him (P)a piece of money[c] and (Q)a ring of gold.
12 And the Lord blessed (R)the latter days of Job more than his beginning. And he had (S)14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys. 13 He had also (T)seven sons and three daughters. 14 And he called the name of the first daughter Jemimah, and the name of the second Keziah, and the name of the third Keren-happuch. 15 And in all the land there were no women so beautiful as Job's daughters. And their father gave them an inheritance (U)among their brothers. 16 And after this Job lived 140 years, and (V)saw his sons, and his sons' sons, four generations. 17 And Job died, an old man, and (W)full of days.
Job 42
New King James Version
Job’s Repentance and Restoration
42 Then Job answered the Lord and said:
2 “I know that You (A)can do everything,
And that no purpose of Yours can be withheld from You.
3 You asked, (B)‘Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?’
Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand,
(C)Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.
4 Listen, please, and let me speak;
You said, (D)‘I will question you, and you shall answer Me.’
5 “I have (E)heard of You by the hearing of the ear,
But now my eye sees You.
6 Therefore I (F)abhor[a] myself,
And repent in dust and ashes.”
7 And so it was, after the Lord had spoken these words to Job, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is aroused against you and your two friends, for you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has. 8 Now therefore, take for yourselves (G)seven bulls and seven rams, (H)go to My servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and My servant Job shall (I)pray for you. For I will accept [b]him, lest I deal with you according to your folly; because you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has.”
9 So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the Lord commanded them; for the Lord had [c]accepted Job. 10 (J)And the Lord [d]restored Job’s losses when he prayed for his friends. Indeed the Lord gave Job (K)twice as much as he had before. 11 Then (L)all his brothers, all his sisters, and all those who had been his acquaintances before, came to him and ate food with him in his house; and they consoled him and comforted him for all the adversity that the Lord had brought upon him. Each one gave him a piece of silver and each a ring of gold.
12 Now the Lord blessed (M)the latter days of Job more than his beginning; for he had (N)fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and one thousand female donkeys. 13 (O)He also had seven sons and three daughters. 14 And he called the name of the first [e]Jemimah, the name of the second [f]Keziah, and the name of the third [g]Keren-Happuch. 15 In all the land were found no women so beautiful as the daughters of Job; and their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers.
16 After this Job (P)lived one hundred and forty years, and saw his children and grandchildren for four generations. 17 So Job died, old and (Q)full of days.
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