Job 19
La Palabra (Hispanoamérica)
Todos atacan a Job
19 Job respondió así:
2 ¿Hasta cuándo seguirán atormentándome,
machacándome con tanta palabrería?
3 Ya me han humillado bastante,
me han atacado sin reparos.
4 Aun pensando que hubiera pecado,
sólo a mí afectaría mi culpa.
5 Pero ya que quieren prevalecer sobre mí
usando mi dolor como prueba,
6 sepan bien que Dios me ha atacado,
que me ha atrapado en sus redes.
7 Si grito “violencia”, nadie responde;
imploro “socorro”, pero no hay justicia.
8 Ha vallado mi camino y me impide pasar,
ha ocultado mi senda con densa oscuridad.
9 Me ha despojado de mi honor,
ha dejado mi cabeza sin corona.
10 Me socava por doquier y me deshago,
ha arrancado la raíz de mi esperanza.
11 Ha atizado su cólera contra mí,
me trata como a un enemigo.
12 Llegan sus tropas en masa,
construyen rampas de ataque,
asedian mi tienda por doquier.
13 Mis parientes se alejan de mi lado,
mis conocidos me tienen por extraño;
14 me abandonan vecinos y deudos,
se olvidan de mí mis invitados.
15 Mis siervas me tienen por intruso,
me tratan igual que a un extraño;
16 mi siervo no responde a mi llamada,
aunque se lo pida por favor.
17 Mi aliento repugna a mi esposa,
doy asco a mis propios hermanos.
18 Incluso los niños me desprecian;
me levanto y se burlan de mí.
19 Todos mis íntimos me detestan,
mis mejores amigos me atacan.
20 Mis huesos se pegan a la piel y a la carne,
he escapado con la piel de mis dientes.
21 ¡Piedad, amigos míos, piedad,
que me ha herido la mano de Dios!
22 ¿Por qué, igual que Dios, me acosan
y no se hartan de escarnecerme?
23 ¡Ojalá se escribieran mis palabras!
¡Ojalá se grabaran en cobre,
24 con cincel de hierro y con plomo,
impresas para siempre en la roca!
25 Yo sé que vive mi Vengador,
que se alzará el último sobre el polvo,
26 que después que me arranquen la piel,
ya sin carne, podré ver a Dios.
27 Sí, yo mismo lo contemplaré;
mis ojos lo verán, no un extraño.
¡Tal ansia me consume por dentro!
28 Ustedes dicen: “¿Cómo lo acosaremos?
¿Qué pretexto encontraremos contra él?”.
29 Pero tiemblen entonces ante la espada
(pues su cólera merece la espada)
y piensen que hay un juicio por llegar.
Job 19
Nueva Versión Internacional
Sexto discurso de Job
19 A esto Job respondió:
2 «¿Hasta cuándo van a estar atormentándome
y aplastándome con sus palabras?
3 Diez veces me hacen reproches;
descaradamente me atacan.
4 Aun si fuera verdad que me he desviado,
mis errores son asunto mío.
5 Si en verdad ustedes quieren exaltarse sobre mí,
y valerse de mi humillación para atacarme,
6 sepan que es Dios quien me ha hecho daño,
quien me ha atrapado en su red.
7 »Aunque grito: “¡Violencia!”, no hallo respuesta;
aunque pido ayuda, no se me hace justicia.
8 Dios me ha cerrado el camino y no puedo pasar;
ha cubierto de oscuridad mis senderos.
9 Me ha despojado de toda honra;
de la cabeza me ha quitado la corona.
10 Por todos lados me destroza, como a un árbol;
me aniquila y arranca de raíz mi esperanza.
11 Su enojo se ha encendido contra mí;
me cuenta entre sus enemigos.
12 Sus tropas avanzan en tropel;
levantan una rampa para asediarme;
acampan alrededor de mi tienda de campaña.
13 »Hizo que mis hermanos me abandonaran;
hasta mis amigos se han alejado de mí.
14 Mis parientes y conocidos se distanciaron;
me echaron al olvido.
15 Mis huéspedes y mis criadas me ven como a un extraño,
me miran como a un desconocido.
16 Llamo a mi criado y no me responde,
aunque yo mismo se lo ruego.
17 A mi esposa le da asco mi aliento;
a mis hermanos les resulto repugnante.
18 Hasta los niños me desprecian;
en cuanto me ven, se burlan de mí.
19 A todos mis amigos les resulto abominable;
mis seres queridos se han vuelto contra mí.
20 La piel y la carne se me pegan a los huesos;
¡a duras penas he salvado el pellejo![a]
21 »¡Compadézcanse de mí, amigos míos;
compadézcanse, que la mano de Dios me ha golpeado!
22 ¿Por qué me acosan como Dios?
¿No les basta con desollarme vivo?[b]
23 »¡Ah, si fueran grabadas mis palabras,
si quedaran escritas en un libro!
24 ¡Si para siempre quedaran grabadas con cincel de hierro y plomo,
esculpidas en la roca!
25 Yo sé que mi Redentor[c] vive
y que al final se levantará sobre el polvo.
26 Y, cuando mi piel haya sido destruida,
todavía veré a Dios con mis propios ojos.[d]
27 Yo mismo lo veré con mis propios ojos;
yo lo veré, no otro.
¡Este anhelo me consume las entrañas!
28 »Ustedes dicen: “Vamos a acosarlo,
porque en él está la raíz del mal”.
29 Pero cuídense de la espada,
pues con ella viene la ira justiciera,
para que sepan que hay un juicio».
Job 19
New International Version
Job
19 Then Job replied:
2 “How long will you torment(A) me
and crush(B) me with words?
3 Ten times(C) now you have reproached(D) me;
shamelessly you attack me.
4 If it is true that I have gone astray,
my error(E) remains my concern alone.
5 If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me(F)
and use my humiliation against me,
6 then know that God has wronged me(G)
and drawn his net(H) around me.(I)
7 “Though I cry, ‘Violence!’ I get no response;(J)
though I call for help,(K) there is no justice.(L)
8 He has blocked my way so I cannot pass;(M)
he has shrouded my paths in darkness.(N)
9 He has stripped(O) me of my honor(P)
and removed the crown from my head.(Q)
10 He tears me down(R) on every side till I am gone;
he uproots my hope(S) like a tree.(T)
11 His anger(U) burns against me;
he counts me among his enemies.(V)
12 His troops advance in force;(W)
they build a siege ramp(X) against me
and encamp around my tent.(Y)
13 “He has alienated my family(Z) from me;
my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.(AA)
14 My relatives have gone away;
my closest friends(AB) have forgotten me.
15 My guests(AC) and my female servants(AD) count me a foreigner;
they look on me as on a stranger.
16 I summon my servant, but he does not answer,
though I beg him with my own mouth.
17 My breath is offensive to my wife;
I am loathsome(AE) to my own family.
18 Even the little boys(AF) scorn me;
when I appear, they ridicule me.(AG)
19 All my intimate friends(AH) detest me;(AI)
those I love have turned against me.(AJ)
20 I am nothing but skin and bones;(AK)
I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.[a]
21 “Have pity on me, my friends,(AL) have pity,
for the hand of God has struck(AM) me.
22 Why do you pursue(AN) me as God does?(AO)
Will you never get enough of my flesh?(AP)
23 “Oh, that my words were recorded,
that they were written on a scroll,(AQ)
24 that they were inscribed with an iron tool(AR) on[b] lead,
or engraved in rock forever!(AS)
25 I know that my redeemer[c](AT) lives,(AU)
and that in the end he will stand on the earth.[d]
26 And after my skin has been destroyed,
yet[e] in[f] my flesh I will see God;(AV)
27 I myself will see him
with my own eyes(AW)—I, and not another.
How my heart yearns(AX) within me!
Footnotes
- Job 19:20 Or only by my gums
- Job 19:24 Or and
- Job 19:25 Or vindicator
- Job 19:25 Or on my grave
- Job 19:26 Or And after I awake, / though this body has been destroyed, / then
- Job 19:26 Or destroyed, / apart from
- Job 19:28 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts me
- Job 19:29 Or sword, / that you may come to know the Almighty
Job 19
King James Version
19 Then Job answered and said,
2 How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?
3 These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me.
4 And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.
5 If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach:
6 Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.
7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.
8 He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
9 He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
10 He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.
11 He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies.
12 His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle.
13 He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.
14 My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
15 They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.
16 I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my mouth.
17 My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children's sake of mine own body.
18 Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.
19 All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.
20 My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
21 Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
22 Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
23 Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!
24 That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!
25 For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:
26 And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:
27 Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.
28 But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?
29 Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.
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