Job 13
New American Standard Bible
Job Says His Friends’ Proverbs Are Ashes
13 “(A)Behold, my eye has seen all this,
My ear has heard and understood it.
2 (B)What you know I also know;
I am not inferior to you.
3 “But (C)I would speak to [a]the Almighty,
And I desire to (D)argue with God.
4 But you (E)smear me with lies;
You are all (F)worthless physicians.
5 Oh that you would (G)be completely silent,
And that it would become your wisdom!
6 Please hear my argument,
And give your attention to the contentions of my lips.
7 Will you (H)speak what is unjust for God,
And speak what is deceitful for Him?
8 Will you (I)show partiality for Him?
Will you contend for God?
9 Will it go well when He examines you?
Or (J)will you deceive Him as one deceives a man?
10 He will certainly punish you
If you secretly (K)show partiality.
11 Will (L)His [b]majesty not terrify you,
And the dread of Him fall upon you?
12 Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes,
Your defenses are defenses of clay.
Job Is Sure He Will Be Vindicated
13 “(M)Be silent before me so that I may speak;
Then let come upon me what may.
14 Why should I take my flesh in my teeth,
And (N)put my life in my [c]hands?
15 (O)Though He slay me,
I will [d]hope in Him.
Nevertheless I (P)will argue my ways [e]before Him.
16 This also will be my (Q)salvation,
For (R)a godless person cannot come before His presence.
17 Listen carefully to my speech,
And let my declaration fill your ears.
18 Behold now, I have (S)prepared my case;
I know that (T)I will be vindicated.
19 (U)Who could contend with me?
For then I would be silent and (V)die.
20 “Only two things I ask that You do not do to me,
Then I will not hide from Your face:
21 (W)Remove Your [f]hand from me,
And may the dread of You not terrify me.
22 Then call and (X)I will answer;
Or let me speak, then reply to me.
23 (Y)How many are my guilty deeds and sins?
Make known to me my wrongdoing and my sin.
24 Why do You (Z)hide Your face
And consider me (AA)Your enemy?
25 Will You scare away a (AB)scattered leaf?
Or will You pursue the dry (AC)chaff?
26 For You write (AD)bitter things against me
And (AE)make me inherit the guilty deeds of my youth.
27 You (AF)put my feet in the stocks
And watch all my paths;
You [g]set a limit for the soles of my feet,
28 While [h]I am decaying like a (AG)rotten thing,
Like a garment that is moth-eaten.
Job 13
Traducción en lenguaje actual
13 »Todo lo que han dicho,
yo mismo lo he visto y oído.
2 Creo saber tanto como ustedes;
no creo que sean mejores que yo.
3 Pero yo preferiría discutir mi caso
con el Dios todopoderoso,
4 porque ustedes son unos mentirosos;
¡sus consejos no ayudan en nada!
5 ¡Si se callaran la boca,
mostrarían algo de sabiduría!
6 »Por favor, escúchenme;
pongan atención a mis palabras:
7 ¿Van a mentir en nombre de Dios,
y a tratar de defenderlo con engaños?
8 ¿Acaso creen que le hacen un favor
actuando como sus abogados defensores?
9 Si Dios los examinara a ustedes,
no podrían engañarlo
como engañan a la gente.
10 Más bien, Dios los reprendería
si quisieran defenderlo con mentiras;
11 ¡es tan grande su poder
que los haría temblar de miedo!
12 »Las explicaciones de ustedes
han perdido su sentido,
y no sirven para nada.
13 »Mejor cállense, y déjenme hablar,
no importa lo que me pase.
14-15 Voy a defenderme ante Dios,
aunque él quiera matarme;
voy a jugarme la vida,
pues no tengo nada que perder.
16 Ningún malvado se atrevería
a presentarse ante él,
así que él mismo me salvará.
17 »¡Préstenme atención!
18 Ya he preparado mi defensa,
y sé que Dios reconocerá mi inocencia.
19 Si alguien puede acusarme de algo,
yo callaré y jamás volveré a hablar.
20 »Dios mío,
sólo te pido dos cosas;
si me las concedes,
no tendré que esconderme de ti.
21 ¡Ya no me castigues,
ni me hagas sentir tanto miedo!
22 Pídeme que presente mi defensa,
y yo te responderé;
si lo prefieres, yo hablaré primero,
y tú me responderás.
23 ¡Dime en qué te he faltado!
¡Muéstrame en qué te he ofendido!
24 ¿Por qué te escondes?
¿Por qué me tienes por enemigo?
25 ¿Por qué me persigues tanto,
si soy como una hoja
que se lleva el viento?
26 Me estás condenando
a un amargo sufrimiento;
¡me estás castigando
por los pecados de mi juventud!
27 A toda hora me vigilas;
me tienes encadenado.
¡Doy un paso y sigues mis huellas!
28 »Todos nosotros,
nos gastamos como zapatos,
como vestidos 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.
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