Job 10
English Standard Version
Job Continues: A Plea to God
10 “I (A)loathe my life;
I will give free utterance to my (B)complaint;
I will speak in (C)the bitterness of my soul.
2 I will say to God, Do not (D)condemn me;
let me know why you (E)contend against me.
3 (F)Does it seem good to you to oppress,
to despise (G)the work of your hands
(H)and favor the designs of the wicked?
4 Have you (I)eyes of flesh?
(J)Do you see as man sees?
5 Are your days as the days of man,
or your (K)years as a man's years,
6 that you (L)seek out my iniquity
and search for my sin,
7 although you (M)know that I am not guilty,
and there is (N)none to deliver out of your hand?
8 (O)Your hands fashioned and made me,
and now you have destroyed me altogether.
9 Remember that you have made me like (P)clay;
and will you return me to the (Q)dust?
10 Did you not pour me out like milk
and curdle me like cheese?
11 You clothed me with skin and flesh,
and knit me together with bones and sinews.
12 You have granted me life and steadfast love,
and your care has preserved my spirit.
13 Yet these things you hid in your heart;
I know that (R)this was your purpose.
14 If I sin, you (S)watch me
and do not (T)acquit me of my iniquity.
15 (U)If I am guilty, woe to me!
If I am (V)in the right, I cannot lift up my head,
for I am filled with disgrace
and (W)look on my affliction.
16 And were my head lifted up,[a] you would hunt me like (X)a lion
and again work (Y)wonders against me.
17 You renew your (Z)witnesses against me
and increase your vexation toward me;
you (AA)bring fresh troops against me.
18 (AB)“Why did you bring me out from the womb?
Would that I had died before any eye had seen me
19 (AC)and were as though I had not been,
carried from the womb to the grave.
20 (AD)Are not my days few?
(AE)Then cease, and leave me alone, (AF)that I may find a little cheer
21 before I go—and (AG)I shall not return—
to the land of (AH)darkness and (AI)deep shadow,
22 the land of gloom like thick darkness,
like deep shadow without any order,
where light is as thick darkness.”
Footnotes
- Job 10:16 Hebrew lacks my head
Job 10
Nueva Traducción Viviente
Job expresa su petición a Dios
10 »Estoy harto de mi vida.
Dejen que desahogue mis quejas abiertamente;
mi alma llena de amargura debe quejarse.
2 Le diré a Dios: “No me condenes de plano,
dime qué cargos tienes en mi contra.
3 ¿Qué ganas con oprimirme?
¿Por qué me rechazas, siendo yo obra de tus manos,
mientras miras con favor los planes de los malvados?
4 ¿Son tus ojos como los de un ser humano?
¿Ves las cosas de la misma manera que la gente?
5 ¿Dura tu vida lo mismo que la nuestra?
¿Es tu vida tan corta
6 que tienes que apurarte a descubrir mi culpa
y a buscar mi pecado?
7 Aunque sabes que no soy culpable,
no hay quien me rescate de tus manos.
8 »”Tú me formaste con tus manos; tú me hiciste,
sin embargo, ahora me destruyes por completo.
9 Recuerda que me hiciste del polvo;
¿me harás volver tan pronto al polvo?
10 Tú guiaste mi concepción
y me formaste en el vientre.[a]
11 Me vestiste con piel y carne
y tejiste mis huesos junto con mis tendones.
12 Me diste vida y me mostraste tu amor inagotable,
y con tu cuidado preservaste mi vida.
13 »”Sin embargo, tu verdadero motivo
—tu verdadera intención—
14 era vigilarme y, si cometía pecado,
no perdonar mi culpa.
15 Si soy culpable, mala suerte para mí;
aun si soy inocente, no puedo mantener mi cabeza en alto
porque estoy lleno de vergüenza y sufrimiento.
16 Y si mantengo mi cabeza en alto, tú me persigues como un león
y despliegas contra mí tu imponente poder.
17 Una y otra vez testificas en mi contra;
derramas sobre mí tu creciente enojo
y desplazas tropas de relevo contra mí.
18 »”¿Por qué entonces me sacaste del vientre de mi madre?
¿Por qué no me dejaste morir al nacer?
19 Sería como si nunca hubiera existido;
habría ido directamente del vientre a la tumba.
20 Me quedan pocos días, así que déjame en paz
para que tenga un momento de consuelo
21 antes de irme—para nunca más volver—
a la tierra de oscuridad y penumbra absoluta.
22 Es una tierra tan oscura como la medianoche,
una tierra de penumbra y confusión
donde aun la luz es tan oscura como la medianoche”».
Footnotes
- 10:10 En hebreo Tú me derramaste como a leche / y me cuajaste como a queso.
Job 10
King James Version
10 My soul is weary of my life; 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; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.
3 Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
4 Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?
5 Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man's days,
6 That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?
7 Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.
8 Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.
9 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made 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 fenced me with bones and sinews.
12 Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.
13 And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this is with thee.
14 If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
15 If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;
16 For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.
17 Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.
18 Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, 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 whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
22 A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.
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