Job 10
Jubilee Bible 2000
10 ¶ My soul is cut off in my life; therefore, I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
2 I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; cause me to understand why thou dost contend with me.
3 Is it good unto thee that thou should oppress, that thou should reject the work of thine hands and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
4 Hast thou eyes of flesh? Dost thou see as man sees?
5 Are thy days as the days of man? Are thy years as man’s days,
6 that thou dost enquire after my iniquity and search after my sin?
7 Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is no one that can deliver out of thy hand.
8 ¶ Thine hands have formed me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.
9 Remember now that thou hast formed me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?
10 Hast thou not poured me out as milk and curdled me like cheese?
11 Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh and hast hedged me with bones and sinews.
12 Thou hast granted me life and mercy, and thy visitation has kept my spirit.
13 And these things thou hast hid in thine heart; I know that this is with thee.
14 ¶ If I sinned, wilt thou mark me and not cleanse me from my iniquity?
15 If I am wicked, woe unto me; and if I am righteous, I will not lift up my head, being full of dishonour and of seeing my affliction.
16 And thou dost increase. Thou dost hunt me as a fierce lion; turning and doing marvels in me.
17 Thou dost renew thy plagues against me and increase thine indignation upon me, bringing up armies against me.
18 Why then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the spirit and no eye had seen me!
19 I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
20 Are not my days few? Cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
21 before I go, to not return, to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;
22 land of darkness, as darkness itself, and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.
Job 10
Living Bible
10 “I am weary of living. Let me complain freely. I will speak in my sorrow and bitterness. 2 I will say to God, ‘Don’t just condemn me—tell me why you are doing it. 3 Does it really seem right to you to oppress and despise me, a man you have made; and to send joy and prosperity to the wicked? 4-7 Are you unjust[a] like men? Is your life so short that you must hound me for sins you know full well I’ve not committed? Is it because you know no one can save me from your hand?
8 “‘You have made me, and yet you destroy me. 9 Oh, please remember that I’m made of dust—will you change me back again to dust so soon? 10 You have already poured me from bottle to bottle like milk and curdled me like cheese. 11 You gave me skin and flesh and knit together bones and sinews. 12 You gave me life and were so kind and loving to me, and I was preserved by your care.
13-14 “‘Yet all the time your real motive in making me was to destroy me if I sinned, and to refuse to forgive my iniquity. 15 Just the slightest wickedness, and I am done for. And if I’m good, that doesn’t count. I am filled with frustration. 16 If I start to get up off the ground, you leap upon me like a lion and quickly finish me off. 17 Again and again you witness against me and pour out an ever-increasing volume of wrath upon me and bring fresh armies against me.
18 “‘Why then did you even let me be born? Why didn’t you let me die at birth? 19 Then I would have been spared this miserable existence. I would have gone directly from the womb to the grave. 20-21 Can’t you see how little time I have left? Oh, leave me alone that I may have a little moment of comfort before I leave for the land of darkness and the shadow of death, never to return— 22 a land as dark as midnight, a land of the shadow of death where only confusion reigns and where the brightest light is dark as midnight.’”
Footnotes
- Job 10:4 Are you unjust, literally, “Have you the eyes of flesh?”
Job 10
Nueva Biblia Viva
10 »¡Estoy harto de esta vida! Dejen que dé rienda suelta a mis quejas. Hablaré en mi dolor y en mi amargura. 2 Le he dicho a Dios: No te limites a condenarme: dime por qué lo haces. 3 ¿De veras te parece bien oprimir y despreciar la obra de tus manos, y dar alegría y prosperidad a los malvados? 4-7 ¿Eres injusto como los hombres? ¿Es tan breve tu vida como la de los humanos, que hayas de perseguirme por pecados que bien sabes no he cometido? ¿Será ello porque sabes que nadie puede librarme de tu mano?
8 »Tú me hiciste, y sin embargo me destruyes. 9 ¡Ay, te ruego que recuerdes que estoy hecho de polvo! ¿Tan pronto me harás volver al polvo? 10 Tú me has cambiado de vasija en vasija como leche y me has cuajado como queso. 11 Me diste piel y carne y uniste mis huesos y tendones. 12 Me diste vida, y fuiste bueno y amoroso conmigo, y por tu cuidado me conservo vivo.
13-14 »Y sin embargo, sé que tu verdadera intención siempre fue vigilarme a ver si yo pecaba y negarte a perdonar mi iniquidad. 15 Si soy culpable, ¡pobre de mí! Y si soy inocente, de nada me vale. ¿Qué esperanza tengo? 16 Si comienzo a levantarme del suelo, saltas sobre mí como un león y pronto acabas conmigo. 17 Renuevas tus testimonios contra mí y derramas sobre mí tu ira como torrente que aumenta sin cesar, y contra mí enfilas nuevos ejércitos.
18 »¿Por qué entonces dejaste que naciera? ¿Por qué no me dejaste morir al nacer? 19 Así me habría ahorrado esta mísera existencia. Habría pasado directamente del vientre al sepulcro. 20-22 ¿No ves cuán poco tiempo me queda? ¡Ay! Apártate de mí para que pueda tener un poco de consuelo antes de partir hacia la tierra de oscuridad y sombra de muerte, para ya nunca volver; tierra tenebrosa como la medianoche, tierra de sombra de muerte donde sólo reina la confusión, y donde la misma claridad es negra como la noche».
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