Job 29
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
Reina-Valera 1909
1Job also added, taking up his parable, and said:
1Y VOLVIÓ Job á tomar su propósito, y dijo:
2Who will grant me, that I might be according to the months past, according to the days in which God kept me?
2¡Quién me tornase como en los meses pasados, como en los días que Dios me guardaba,
3When his lamp shined over my head, and I walked by his light in darkness?
3Cuando hacía resplandecer su candela sobre mi cabeza, á la luz de la cual yo caminaba en la oscuridad;
4As I was in the days of my youth, when God was secretly in my tabernacle?
4Como fué en los días de mi mocedad, cuando el secreto de Dios estaba en mi tienda;
5When the Almighty was with me: and my servants round about me?
5Cuando aun el Omnipotente estaba conmigo, y mis hijos alrededor de mí;
6When I washed my feet with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil?
6Cuando lavaba yo mis caminos con manteca, y la piedra me derramaba ríos de aceite!
7When I went out to the gate of the city, and in the street they prepared me a chair?
7Cuando salía á la puerta á juicio, y en la plaza hacía preparar mi asiento,
8The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the old men rose up and stood.
8Los mozos me veían, y se escondían; y los viejos se levantaban, y estaban en pie;
9The princes ceased to speak, and laid the finger on their mouth.
9Los príncipes detenían sus palabras, ponían la mano sobre su boca;
10The rulers held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to their throat.
10La voz de los principales se ocultaba, y su lengua se pegaba á su paladar:
11The ear that heard me blessed me, and the eye that saw me gave witness to me:
11Cuando los oídos que me oían, me llamaban bienaventurado, y los ojos que me veían, me daban testimonio:
12Because I had delivered the poor man that cried out; and the fatherless that had no helper.
12Porque libraba al pobre que gritaba, y al huérfano que carecía de ayudador.
13The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me, and I comforted the heart of the widow.
13La bendición del que se iba á perder venía sobre mí; y al corazón de la viuda daba alegría.
14I was clad with justice: and I clothed myself with my judgment, as with a robe and a diadem.
14Vestíame de justicia, y ella me vestía como un manto; y mi toca era juicio.
15I was an eye to the blind, and a foot to the lame.
15Yo era ojos al ciego, y pies al cojo.
16I was the father of the poor: and the cause which I knew not, I searched out most diligently.
16A los menesterosos era padre; y de la causa que no entendía, me informaba con diligencia:
17I broke the jaws of the wicked man, and out of his teeth I took away the prey.
17Y quebraba los colmillos del inicuo, y de sus dientes hacía soltar la presa.
18And I said: I shall die in my nest, and as a palm tree shall multiply my days.
18Y decía yo: En mi nido moriré, y como arena multiplicaré días.
19My root is opened beside the waters, and dew shall continue in my harvest.
19Mi raíz estaba abierta junto á las aguas, y en mis ramas permanecía el rocío.
20My glory shall always be renewed, and my bow in my hand shall be repaired.
20Mi honra se renovaba en mí, y mi arco se corroboraba en mi mano.
21They that heard me, waited for my sentence, and being attentive held their peace at my counsel.
21Oíanme, y esperaban; y callaban á mi consejo.
22To my words they durst add nothing, and my speech dropped upon them.
22Tras mi palabra no replicaban, y mi razón destilaba sobre ellos.
23They waited for me as for rain, and they opened their mouth as for a latter shower.
23Y esperábanme como á la lluvia, y abrían su boca como á la lluvia tardía.
24If at any time I laughed on them, they believed not, and the light of my countenance fell not on earth.
24Si me reía con ellos, no lo creían: y no abatían la luz de mi rostro.
25If I had a mind to go to them, I sat first, and when I sat as a king, with his army standing about him, yet I was a comforter of them that mourned.
25Calificaba yo el camino de ellos, y sentábame en cabecera; y moraba como rey en el ejército, como el que consuela llorosos.
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