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Job 29
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Job 29
Nueva Versión Internacional
Soliloquio de Job
29 Job, retomando la palabra, dijo:
2 «¡Cómo añoro los meses que se han ido,
los días en que Dios me cuidaba!
3 Su lámpara alumbraba sobre mi cabeza
y por su luz podía andar entre tinieblas.
4 ¡Qué días aquellos, cuando yo estaba en mi apogeo
y Dios bendecía mi casa con su íntima amistad!
5 Cuando aún estaba conmigo el Todopoderoso
y mis hijos me rodeaban;
6 cuando ante mí corrían ríos de crema
y de las rocas fluían arroyos de aceite.
7 »Cuando ocupaba mi puesto en el concejo de la ciudad[a]
y en la plaza pública tomaba asiento,
8 los jóvenes al verme se hacían a un lado
y los ancianos se ponían de pie;
9 los jefes se abstenían de hablar
y se tapaban la boca con las manos;
10 los nobles bajaban la voz
y la lengua se pegaba a su paladar.
11 Los que me oían, hablaban bien de mí;
los que me veían, me alababan.
12 Si el pobre recurría a mí, yo lo rescataba
y también al huérfano si no tenía quien lo ayudara.
13 Me bendecían los desahuciados;
¡por mí gritaba de alegría el corazón de las viudas!
14 De justicia y rectitud me revestía;
ellas eran mi manto y mi turbante.
15 Para los ciegos fui sus ojos;
para los tullidos, sus pies.
16 Fui padre de los necesitados
y defensor de los extranjeros.
17 A los malvados les rompí las mandíbulas;
¡de sus dientes les arrebaté la presa!
18 »Llegué a pensar: “Moriré en mi propia casa;
mis días serán incontables como la arena del mar.
19 Mis raíces llegarán hasta las aguas;
el rocío de la noche se quedará en mis ramas.
20 Mi gloria conservará en mí su lozanía
y el arco en mi mano se mantendrá firme”.
21 »La gente me escuchaba expectante
y en silencio aguardaba mi consejo.
22 Hablaba yo y nadie replicaba;
mis palabras hallaban cabida[b] en sus oídos.
23 Anhelaban mis palabras
como quien espera las lluvias de primavera.
24 Si yo les sonreía, no podían creerlo;
mi rostro sonriente los reanimaba.[c]
25 Yo les indicaba el camino a seguir;
me sentaba a la cabecera;
habitaba entre ellos como un rey entre su tropa,
como quien consuela a los que están de luto.
Job 29
New King James Version
Job 29
New King James Version
Job’s Summary Defense
29 Job further continued his discourse, and said:
2 “Oh, that I were as in months (A)past,
As in the days when God (B)watched over me;
3 (C)When His lamp shone upon my head,
And when by His light I walked through darkness;
4 Just as I was in the days of my prime,
When (D)the friendly counsel of God was over my tent;
5 When the Almighty was yet with me,
When my children were around me;
6 When (E)my steps were bathed with [a]cream,
And (F)the rock poured out rivers of oil for me!
7 “When I went out to the gate by the city,
When I took my seat in the open square,
8 The young men saw me and hid,
And the aged arose and stood;
9 The princes refrained from talking,
And (G)put their hand on their mouth;
10 The voice of nobles was hushed,
And their (H)tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.
11 When the ear heard, then it blessed me,
And when the eye saw, then it approved me;
12 Because (I)I delivered the poor who cried out,
The fatherless and the one who had no helper.
13 The blessing of a perishing man came upon me,
And I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.
14 (J)I put on righteousness, and it clothed me;
My justice was like a robe and a turban.
15 I was (K)eyes to the blind,
And I was feet to the lame.
16 I was a father to the poor,
And (L)I searched out the case that I did not know.
17 I broke (M)the fangs of the wicked,
And plucked the victim from his teeth.
18 “Then I said, (N)‘I shall die in my nest,
And multiply my days as the sand.
19 (O)My root is spread out (P)to the waters,
And the dew lies all night on my branch.
20 My glory is fresh within me,
And my (Q)bow is renewed in my hand.’
21 “Men listened to me and waited,
And kept silence for my counsel.
22 After my words they did not speak again,
And my speech settled on them as dew.
23 They waited for me as for the rain,
And they opened their mouth wide as for (R)the spring rain.
24 If I mocked at them, they did not believe it,
And the light of my countenance they did not cast down.
25 I chose the way for them, and sat as chief;
So I dwelt as a king in the army,
As one who comforts mourners.
Job 29
New International Version
Job 29
New International Version
Job’s Final Defense
29 Job continued his discourse:(A)
2 “How I long for the months gone by,(B)
for the days when God watched over me,(C)
3 when his lamp shone on my head
and by his light I walked through darkness!(D)
4 Oh, for the days when I was in my prime,
when God’s intimate friendship(E) blessed my house,(F)
5 when the Almighty was still with me
and my children(G) were around me,(H)
6 when my path was drenched with cream(I)
and the rock(J) poured out for me streams of olive oil.(K)
7 “When I went to the gate(L) of the city
and took my seat in the public square,
8 the young men saw me and stepped aside(M)
and the old men rose to their feet;(N)
9 the chief men refrained from speaking(O)
and covered their mouths with their hands;(P)
10 the voices of the nobles were hushed,(Q)
and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.(R)
11 Whoever heard me spoke well of me,
and those who saw me commended me,(S)
12 because I rescued the poor(T) who cried for help,
and the fatherless(U) who had none to assist them.(V)
13 The one who was dying blessed me;(W)
I made the widow’s(X) heart sing.
14 I put on righteousness(Y) as my clothing;
justice was my robe and my turban.(Z)
15 I was eyes(AA) to the blind
and feet to the lame.(AB)
16 I was a father to the needy;(AC)
I took up the case(AD) of the stranger.(AE)
17 I broke the fangs of the wicked
and snatched the victims(AF) from their teeth.(AG)
18 “I thought, ‘I will die in my own house,
my days as numerous as the grains of sand.(AH)
19 My roots will reach to the water,(AI)
and the dew will lie all night on my branches.(AJ)
20 My glory will not fade;(AK)
the bow(AL) will be ever new in my hand.’(AM)
21 “People listened to me expectantly,
waiting in silence for my counsel.(AN)
22 After I had spoken, they spoke no more;(AO)
my words fell gently on their ears.(AP)
23 They waited for me as for showers
and drank in my words as the spring rain.(AQ)
24 When I smiled at them, they scarcely believed it;
the light of my face(AR) was precious to them.[a](AS)
25 I chose the way for them and sat as their chief;(AT)
I dwelt as a king(AU) among his troops;
I was like one who comforts mourners.(AV)
Footnotes
- Job 29:24 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.
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