El panorama
Job 20 abre con “Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,”, cambia cerca del versículo 15 con “He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out…” y termina con “This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by…”. Estos puntos trazan el movimiento propio del capítulo desde su inicio hasta su conclusión.
Las Escrituras junto al resumen
Job · Versión King James · 29Job 20:1-8
Versículos 1–8: Answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
Job 20:1–8 abre con “Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,” y llega a “He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision…” en su último versículo. Ese recorrido desarrolla Job 20 se desarrolla mediante sus propias voces, acciones, afirmaciones y consecuencias.
Contexto que da vida al pasaje
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“Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,” Nombrar a Naamathite y Zophar mantiene el relato unido a personas o lugares concretos. Sigue dónde reaparece el nombre y qué cambia a su alrededor.
Job 20:1-8
Versión King James1Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
2Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.
3I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.
4Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,
5That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
6Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;
7Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?
8He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
Job 20:9-16
Versículos 9–16: The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his…
Job 20:9–16 abre con “The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.” y llega a “He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper’s tongue shall slay him.” en su último versículo. Ese recorrido desarrolla Job 20 se desarrolla mediante sus propias voces, acciones, afirmaciones y consecuencias.
Contexto que da vida al pasaje
“The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.” El mandato no se entiende solo por el verbo. El destinatario, el propósito y su lugar dentro del pacto o argumento definen la responsabilidad.
“His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.” El mandato no se entiende solo por el verbo. El destinatario, el propósito y su lugar dentro del pacto o argumento definen la responsabilidad.
Job 20:9-16
Versión King James9The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.
10His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.
11His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.
12Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;
13Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:
14Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.
15He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
16He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper’s tongue shall slay him.
Job 20:17-24
Versículos 17–24: He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.
Job 20:17–24 abre con “He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.” y llega a “He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through.” en su último versículo. Ese recorrido desarrolla Job 20 se desarrolla mediante sus propias voces, acciones, afirmaciones y consecuencias.
Contexto que da vida al pasaje
“He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.” El mandato no se entiende solo por el verbo. El destinatario, el propósito y su lugar dentro del pacto o argumento definen la responsabilidad.
“Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded…” Esta línea aporta una razón, un resultado o una conclusión. Debe permanecer unida a la afirmación o acción que le da sentido.
Job 20:17-24
Versión King James17He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.
18That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein.
19Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
20Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.
21There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.
22In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.
23When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.
24He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through.
Job 20:25-29
Versículos 25–29: It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword…
Job 20:25–29 abre con “It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall…” y llega a “This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.” en su último versículo. Ese recorrido desarrolla Job 20 se desarrolla mediante sus propias voces, acciones, afirmaciones y consecuencias.
Contexto que da vida al pasaje
“It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.” Los términos propios de esta línea incluyen cometh, body, drawn. Su relación con los versículos 26 permite comprobar su función dentro del pasaje.
Job 20:25-29
Versión King James25It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.
26All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.
27The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.
28The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
29This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.
Detalles que vale la pena notar
La imagen inicial
Job 20:1 comienza con “Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,”
Dónde cambia el capítulo
Job 20:7 forma un giro natural: “Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?”
La nota final
Job 20:29 deja al lector con “This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.”
Un recorrido de palabras por el capítulo
Las palabras belly, goods, wicked, answer, asps, cometh ayudan a revelar las preocupaciones que se repiten en el capítulo.
Primero el texto
Donde difieren los lectores
El resumen comienza con lo que dice el pasaje y cómo se relacionan sus partes. No supone que una denominación ya haya resuelto cada pregunta. Toda dependencia de una tradición, teoría literaria o reconstrucción histórica se identifica con claridad.
El texto KJV aparece primero. Las conclusiones interpretativas se identifican, y las diferencias se presentan cuando ayudan a explicar por qué las comunidades serias no siempre llegan a la misma respuesta.
Las notas interpretativas comparativas de este capítulo están en preparación. Hasta que las notas revisadas estén listas, esta página separa el texto KJV del resumen y la aplicación sin afirmar que todos los lectores serios coinciden en cada cuestión.