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Job 16
Reina Valera Actualizada
Job 16
Reina Valera Actualizada
Job responde a Elifaz
16 Entonces respondió Job y dijo:
2 —He oído muchas cosas como estas;
consoladores gravosos son
todos ustedes.
3 ¿Habrá fin para las palabras vacías? ¿Qué te incita a responder?
4 Yo también podría hablar como ustedes. Si su alma estuviera en lugar de la mía, yo también podría componer discursos contra ustedes,
y por ustedes sacudiría mi cabeza.
5 Los alentaría con mi boca,
y el movimiento de mis labios traería alivio.
6 »Pero si hablo,
mi dolor no tiene alivio;
y si dejo de hablar,
¿qué se ha de ir de mí?
7 Pero ahora Dios me tiene agobiado. Ha desolado toda mi compañía
8 y me ha llenado de arrugas.
Mi debilidad responde en mi propia cara;
ha venido a ser testigo
y se ha levantado contra mí.
9 Su furor me ha despedazado pues me aborrece;
contra mí hace crujir sus dientes. Mi adversario aguza su mirada contra mí.
10 Contra mí han abierto su boca; con afrenta han golpeado mis mejillas. A una se han juntado contra mí.
11 Dios me ha entregado a los perversos; me ha empujado a las manos de los impíos.
12 Yo estaba tranquilo pero él me sacudió; me tomó por el cuello y me despedazó. Él me ha puesto por blanco suyo;
13 sus arqueros me han rodeado. Atraviesa mis riñones sin compasión
y derrama por tierra mi hiel.
14 Abre en mí brecha tras brecha; contra mí arremete como un guerrero.
15 »He cosido cilicio sobre mi piel
y he hundido mi fuerza en el polvo.
16 Mi rostro está enrojecido con el llanto,
y sobre mis párpados hay
densa oscuridad
17 a pesar de no haber violencia en mis manos
y de ser pura mi oración.
18 »¡Oh tierra, no encubras mi sangre! ¡Que no haya lugar para mi clamor!
19 He aquí que también ahora
mi testigo está en los cielos;
en las alturas está mi defensor.
20 Mis amigos me escarnecen;
mis ojos derraman lágrimas ante Dios.
21 ¡Oh, si alguien llevara la causa
de un hombre ante Dios
como entre[a] el hombre y su prójimo!
22 Porque los pocos años se van,
y yo iré por el camino sin retorno.
Footnotes
- Job 16:21 Cf. algunos mss. y vers. antiguas; TM, y.
Job 16
King James Version
Job 16
King James Version
16 Then Job answered and said,
2 I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.
3 Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?
4 I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.
5 But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief.
6 Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased?
7 But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.
8 And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.
9 He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
11 God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.
12 I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.
13 His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
14 He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
15 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.
16 My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
17 Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.
18 O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.
19 Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high.
20 My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.
21 O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!
22 When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.
Job 16
New International Version
Job 16
New International Version
Job
16 Then Job replied:
2 “I have heard many things like these;
you are miserable comforters,(A) all of you!(B)
3 Will your long-winded speeches never end?(C)
What ails you that you keep on arguing?(D)
4 I also could speak like you,
if you were in my place;
I could make fine speeches against you
and shake my head(E) at you.
5 But my mouth would encourage you;
comfort(F) from my lips would bring you relief.(G)
6 “Yet if I speak, my pain is not relieved;
and if I refrain, it does not go away.(H)
7 Surely, God, you have worn me out;(I)
you have devastated my entire household.(J)
8 You have shriveled me up—and it has become a witness;
my gauntness(K) rises up and testifies against me.(L)
9 God assails me and tears(M) me in his anger(N)
and gnashes his teeth at me;(O)
my opponent fastens on me his piercing eyes.(P)
10 People open their mouths(Q) to jeer at me;(R)
they strike my cheek(S) in scorn
and unite together against me.(T)
11 God has turned me over to the ungodly
and thrown me into the clutches of the wicked.(U)
12 All was well with me, but he shattered me;
he seized me by the neck and crushed me.(V)
He has made me his target;(W)
13 his archers surround me.(X)
Without pity, he pierces(Y) my kidneys
and spills my gall on the ground.
14 Again and again(Z) he bursts upon me;
he rushes at me like a warrior.(AA)
15 “I have sewed sackcloth(AB) over my skin
and buried my brow in the dust.(AC)
16 My face is red with weeping,(AD)
dark shadows ring my eyes;(AE)
17 yet my hands have been free of violence(AF)
and my prayer is pure.(AG)
18 “Earth, do not cover my blood;(AH)
may my cry(AI) never be laid to rest!(AJ)
19 Even now my witness(AK) is in heaven;(AL)
my advocate is on high.(AM)
20 My intercessor(AN) is my friend[a](AO)
as my eyes pour out(AP) tears(AQ) to God;
21 on behalf of a man he pleads(AR) with God
as one pleads for a friend.
22 “Only a few years will pass
before I take the path of no return.(AS)
Footnotes
- Job 16:20 Or My friends treat me with scorn
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