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Job 16
Reina-Valera 1995
Job 16
Reina-Valera 1995
Lamentaciones de Job
16 Respondió Job y dijo:
2 «Muchas veces he oído cosas como éstas,
¡Consoladores molestos sois todos vosotros!
3 ¿Tendrán fin las palabras vacías?
¿Qué es lo que te anima a responder?
4 También yo podría hablar como vosotros,
si vuestra alma estuviera en lugar de la mía.
Yo podría hilvanar contra vosotros palabras,
y sobre vosotros mover la cabeza.
5 Pero os alentaría con mis palabras,
y el consuelo de mis labios calmaría vuestro dolor.
6 »Pero en mí, aunque yo hable, el dolor no cesa;
y aunque deje de hablar, no se aparta de mí.
7 Porque ahora él me ha fatigado;
ha asolado toda mi compañía.
8 Me ha llenado de arrugas: testigo es mi delgadez,
la cual se levanta contra mí para testificar en mi rostro.
9 Su furor me ha destrozado, me ha sido contrario;
cruje sus dientes contra mí:
contra mí aguza sus ojos mi enemigo.
10 Ellos han abierto contra mí su boca,
y han herido mis mejillas con afrenta:
¡contra mí se han juntado todos!
11 Dios me ha entregado al mentiroso,
en las manos de los impíos me ha hecho caer.
12 Yo vivía en prosperidad, y me desmenuzó;
me arrebató por la cerviz, me despedazó
y me puso por blanco suyo.
13 Me rodearon sus flecheros,
y él partió mis riñones sin compasión
y derramó mi hiel por tierra.
14 Me quebrantó de quebranto en quebranto;
corrió contra mí como un gigante.
15 Entonces cosí sobre mi piel tejidos ásperos
y puse mi cabeza en el polvo.
16 Mi rostro está hinchado por el llanto
y mis párpados entenebrecidos,
17 a pesar de no haber iniquidad en mis manos
y de ser pura mi oración.
18 »¡Tierra, no cubras mi sangre
ni haya en ti lugar para mi clamor!
19 En los cielos está mi testigo
y mi testimonio en las alturas.
20 Disputadores son mis amigos,
mas ante Dios derramaré mis lágrimas.
21 ¡Ojalá pudiera disputar el hombre con Dios
como con su prójimo!
22 Mas vienen los años, que están contados,
y yo me iré por el camino sin regreso.
Job 16
New International Version
Job 16
New International Version
Job
16 Then Job replied:
2 “I have heard many things like these;
you are miserable comforters,(A) all of you!(B)
3 Will your long-winded speeches never end?(C)
What ails you that you keep on arguing?(D)
4 I also could speak like you,
if you were in my place;
I could make fine speeches against you
and shake my head(E) at you.
5 But my mouth would encourage you;
comfort(F) from my lips would bring you relief.(G)
6 “Yet if I speak, my pain is not relieved;
and if I refrain, it does not go away.(H)
7 Surely, God, you have worn me out;(I)
you have devastated my entire household.(J)
8 You have shriveled me up—and it has become a witness;
my gauntness(K) rises up and testifies against me.(L)
9 God assails me and tears(M) me in his anger(N)
and gnashes his teeth at me;(O)
my opponent fastens on me his piercing eyes.(P)
10 People open their mouths(Q) to jeer at me;(R)
they strike my cheek(S) in scorn
and unite together against me.(T)
11 God has turned me over to the ungodly
and thrown me into the clutches of the wicked.(U)
12 All was well with me, but he shattered me;
he seized me by the neck and crushed me.(V)
He has made me his target;(W)
13 his archers surround me.(X)
Without pity, he pierces(Y) my kidneys
and spills my gall on the ground.
14 Again and again(Z) he bursts upon me;
he rushes at me like a warrior.(AA)
15 “I have sewed sackcloth(AB) over my skin
and buried my brow in the dust.(AC)
16 My face is red with weeping,(AD)
dark shadows ring my eyes;(AE)
17 yet my hands have been free of violence(AF)
and my prayer is pure.(AG)
18 “Earth, do not cover my blood;(AH)
may my cry(AI) never be laid to rest!(AJ)
19 Even now my witness(AK) is in heaven;(AL)
my advocate is on high.(AM)
20 My intercessor(AN) is my friend[a](AO)
as my eyes pour out(AP) tears(AQ) to God;
21 on behalf of a man he pleads(AR) with God
as one pleads for a friend.
22 “Only a few years will pass
before I take the path of no return.(AS)
Footnotes
- Job 16:20 Or My friends treat me with scorn
Job 16
New King James Version
Job 16
New King James Version
Job Reproaches His Pitiless Friends
16 Then Job answered and said:
2 “I have heard many such things;
(A)Miserable[a] comforters are you all!
3 Shall [b]words of wind have an end?
Or what provokes you that you answer?
4 I also could speak as you do,
If your soul were in my soul’s place.
I could heap up words against you,
And (B)shake my head at you;
5 But I would strengthen you with my mouth,
And the comfort of my lips would relieve your grief.
6 “Though I speak, my grief is not relieved;
And if I remain silent, how am I eased?
7 But now He has (C)worn me out;
You (D)have made desolate all my company.
8 You have shriveled me up,
And it is a (E)witness against me;
My leanness rises up against me
And bears witness to my face.
9 (F)He tears me in His wrath, and hates me;
He gnashes at me with His teeth;
(G)My adversary sharpens His gaze on me.
10 They (H)gape at me with their mouth,
They (I)strike me reproachfully on the cheek,
They gather together against me.
11 God (J)has delivered me to the ungodly,
And turned me over to the hands of the wicked.
12 I was at ease, but He has (K)shattered me;
He also has taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces;
He has (L)set me up for His target,
13 His archers surround me.
He pierces my [c]heart and does not pity;
He pours out my gall on the ground.
14 He breaks me with wound upon wound;
He runs at me like a [d]warrior.
15 “I have sewn sackcloth over my skin,
And (M)laid my [e]head in the dust.
16 My face is [f]flushed from weeping,
And on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
17 Although no violence is in my hands,
And my prayer is pure.
18 “O earth, do not cover my blood,
And (N)let my cry have no resting place!
19 Surely even now (O)my witness is in heaven,
And my evidence is on high.
20 My friends scorn me;
My eyes pour out tears to God.
21 (P)Oh, that one might plead for a man with God,
As a man pleads for his [g]neighbor!
22 For when a few years are finished,
I shall (Q)go the way of no return.
Reina-Valera 1995 (RVR1995)
Copyright © 1995 by United Bible Societies
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