1¿Por qué ’El-Shadday se reserva sus sazones? ¿Por qué quienes lo conocen no pueden vislumbrar sus días?2Hay quienes traspasan linderos, Quitan los rebaños con violencia y los devoran.3Se llevan el asno del huérfano, Y toman en prenda el buey de la viuda.4Apartan de sí a los necesitados, De modo que los miserables tienen que esconderse.5Helos allí, como asnos del desierto, Salen a su tarea y buscan con ansia el sustento, El páramo es el que ofrece alimento a sus hijos,6Cosechan en campo ajeno, Y tienen que rebuscar en la viña del impío.7Pasan la noche desnudos, faltos de ropa, Y no tienen cobertura contra el frío.8El aguacero de los montes los empapa, Y se pegan a las rocas por falta de refugio.9Hay otros que arrancan del pecho al huérfano, Y toman en prenda al hijo del pobre,10Hacen que anden desnudos, faltos de ropa, Y le quitan las gavillas a los hambrientos,11Los que exprimen el aceite en sus molinos, Y pisan sus lagares, pero pasan sed.12Por la angustia gime el moribundo, Y el alma de los heridos clama por auxilio, Pero Dios no toma en cuenta necedades.13Otros son rebeldes a la luz, No conocen sus caminos Ni frecuentan sus sendas.14Al alba se levanta el asesino, Para matar al pobre y al menesteroso. De noche ronda el ladrón, A oscuras penetra en las casas.15El adúltero espera el crepúsculo, y se dice: Nadie me verá; Y se oculta el rostro.16Durante el día se encierran, Nada quieren con la luz.17Acostumbrados al terror de las tinieblas, La mañana es oscura para ellos.18Se deslizan ligeros como el agua, Su porción es maldita en la tierra, Y no volverán por el camino de las viñas.19Como el calor y la sequía le roban el agua a la nieve, Así el Seol a los que han pecado.20Los olvidará el seno materno, Dulce le será su sabor al gusano, Nunca serán recordados, Y como a un árbol se talará su injusticia,21Porque maltrataron a la estéril sin hijos, Y no socorrieron a la viuda.22Aunque el poderoso prolongue su vigor y se mantenga en pie, No puede prometerse vida.23Aunque le sea dado habitar con seguridad, Los ojos observan sus caminos.24Aunque exaltados por un tiempo, luego dejan de existir, Abatidos y marchitos como plantas, Son segados como espigas.25Y si esto no es así, que alguien me desmienta, Y reduzca a nada mis palabras.
Job 24
King James Version
1Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?2Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof .3They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow' ox for a pledge.4They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.5Behold, 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.6They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.7They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.8They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.9They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.10They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;11Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.12Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them .13They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.14The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.15The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.16In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.17For 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.18He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.19Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.20The 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.21He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.22He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.23Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways.24They 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.25And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?