Job 13
Dios Habla Hoy
13 Todo esto lo he visto con mis propios ojos,
lo he escuchado con mis propios oídos.
2 Lo que ustedes saben, también yo lo sé;
en nada soy inferior a ustedes.
3 Pero prefiero hablar con Dios,
prefiero discutir con el Todopoderoso.
4 Ustedes cubren la verdad con sus mentiras;
son médicos que a nadie curan.
5 ¡Si al menos guardaran ustedes silencio,
podrían pasar por personas sabias!
6 Escuchen, por favor, con atención,
mientras yo expongo mis razones.
7 ¿Creen acaso que defienden a Dios con sus mentiras,
y que le hacen un servicio con palabras engañosas?
8 Ustedes se han puesto de su parte
y quieren defender su causa,
9 pero, ¿qué pasará si Dios los examina?
¿Podrán ustedes engañarlo como a un hombre?
10 Si con disimulo se ponen de su parte,
él los reprenderá duramente.
11 La grandeza de Dios
los llenará de espanto y de terror.
12 Sus anticuados argumentos son puro polvo;
es como querer defenderse con murallas de barro.
13 Y ahora, ¡cállense, que voy a hablar,
páseme lo que me pase!
14 Voy a arriesgar mi vida,
voy a jugarme el todo por el todo.
15 Aunque él me mate, me mantendré firme,
con tal de presentarle mi defensa cara a cara.
16 Quizá en eso esté mi salvación,
pues un malvado no entraría hasta su presencia.
17 Escuchen, pues, con atención
la exposición que voy a hacerles.
18 Voy a presentar mi defensa,
y sé que tengo la razón.
19 Si alguien tiene de qué acusarme,
yo guardaré silencio y moriré.
20 Concédeme sólo dos cosas, oh Dios,
y no me esconderé de ti:
21 Deja ya de castigarme
y no me hagas sentir tanto miedo.
22 Llámame, y yo te responderé;
o yo hablaré primero, y tú me responderás.
23 Dime, ¿cuáles son mis pecados y delitos?
¿Cuáles son mis crímenes?
24 ¿Por qué te escondes de mí?
¿Por qué me tratas como a un enemigo?
25 Soy como una hoja al viento,
¿por qué quieres destruirme?
No soy más que paja seca,
¿por qué me persigues?
26 Traes amargas acusaciones contra mí;
me pides cuentas de las faltas de mi juventud.
27 Me pones cadenas en los pies,
vigilas todos mis pasos
y examinas todas mis pisadas.
28 Me voy deshaciendo, como algo podrido,
como ropa que se come la polilla.
Job 13
King James Version
13 Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard and understood it.
2 What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you.
3 Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
4 But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.
5 O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.
6 Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
7 Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?
8 Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?
9 Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?
10 He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.
11 Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?
12 Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.
13 Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.
14 Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?
15 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
16 He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.
17 Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears.
18 Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified.
19 Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.
20 Only do not two things unto me: then will I not hide myself from thee.
21 Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.
22 Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.
23 How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin.
24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?
25 Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
26 For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.
27 Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.
28 And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.
Job 13
English Standard Version
Job Continues: Still I Will Hope in God
13 “Behold, my eye has seen all this,
my ear has heard and understood it.
2 (A)What you know, I also know;
I am not inferior to you.
3 (B)But I would speak to the Almighty,
and I desire to (C)argue my case with God.
4 As for you, (D)you whitewash with lies;
(E)worthless physicians are you all.
5 Oh that you would (F)keep silent,
and it would be your wisdom!
6 Hear now my argument
and listen to the pleadings of my lips.
7 Will you (G)speak falsely for God
and speak (H)deceitfully for him?
8 Will you show partiality toward him?
Will you (I)plead the case for God?
9 Will it be well with you when he (J)searches you out?
Or (K)can you deceive him, as one deceives a man?
10 He will surely rebuke you
if in secret you show partiality.
11 Will not his (L)majesty terrify you,
and the dread of him fall upon you?
12 Your maxims are proverbs of (M)ashes;
your defenses are defenses of clay.
13 “Let me have silence, and I will speak,
and let come on me what may.
14 Why should I take my flesh in my teeth
and (N)put my life in my hand?
15 (O)Though he slay me, I will (P)hope in him;[a]
yet I will (Q)argue my ways to his face.
16 This will be my salvation,
that the godless shall not come before him.
17 (R)Keep listening to my words,
and let my declaration be in your ears.
18 Behold, I have (S)prepared my case;
I know that I shall be in the right.
19 (T)Who is there who will contend with me?
For then I would be silent and die.
20 Only grant me two things,
then I will not (U)hide myself from your face:
21 (V)withdraw your hand far from me,
and let not (W)dread of you terrify me.
22 (X)Then call, and I will answer;
or let me speak, and you reply to me.
23 How many are my iniquities and my sins?
(Y)Make me know my transgression and my sin.
24 Why (Z)do you hide your face
and (AA)count me as your enemy?
25 Will you frighten (AB)a driven leaf
and pursue dry (AC)chaff?
26 For you (AD)write bitter things against me
and make me inherit (AE)the iniquities of my youth.
27 You put my feet in (AF)the stocks
and (AG)watch all my paths;
you set a limit for[b] the soles of my feet.
28 Man[c] wastes away like (AH)a rotten thing,
like a garment that is (AI)moth-eaten.
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