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Job 16
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Job 16
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Job Reaffirms His Innocence
16 Then Job answered:
2 “I have heard many such things;
miserable comforters are you all.
3 Have windy words no limit?
Or what provokes you that you keep on talking?(A)
4 I also could talk as you do,
if you were in my place;
I could join words together against you
and shake my head at you.(B)
5 I could encourage you with my mouth,
and the solace of my lips would assuage your pain.
6 “If I speak, my pain is not assuaged,
and if I refrain, how much of it leaves me?
7 Surely now God has worn me out;
he has[a] made desolate all my company.(C)
8 And he has[b] shriveled me up,
which is a witness against me;
my leanness has risen up against me,
and it testifies to my face.(D)
9 He has torn me in his wrath and hated me;
he has gnashed his teeth at me;
my adversary sharpens his eyes against me.(E)
10 They have gaped at me with their mouths;
they have struck me insolently on the cheek;
they mass themselves together against me.(F)
11 God gives me up to the evil
and casts me into the hands of the wicked.(G)
12 I was at ease, and he broke me in two;
he seized me by the neck and dashed me to pieces;
he set me up as his target;(H)
13 his archers surround me.
He slashes open my kidneys and shows no mercy;
he pours out my gall on the ground.(I)
14 He bursts upon me again and again;
he rushes at me like a warrior.(J)
15 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin
and have laid my strength in the dust.(K)
16 My face is red with weeping,
and deep darkness is on my eyelids,
17 though there is no violence in my hands,
and my prayer is pure.(L)
18 “O earth, do not cover my blood;
let my outcry find no resting place.(M)
19 Even now my witness is in heaven,
and my advocate is on high.(N)
20 My friends scorn me;
my eye pours out tears to God,
21 that he would maintain the right of a mortal with God,
as[c] one does for a neighbor.(O)
22 For when a few years have come,
I shall go the way from which I shall not return.(P)
Job 16
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Job 16
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Queja de Job
16 Respondió entonces Job:
2 «He oído muchas cosas como estas;
Consoladores molestos[a] son todos ustedes(A).
3 -»¿No hay fin a las palabras vacías(B)?
¿O qué te provoca para que así respondas?
4 -»Yo también hablaría como ustedes,
Si yo estuviera en su lugar[b].
Podría recopilar palabras contra ustedes,
Y mover ante ustedes la cabeza(C).
5 -»Les podría alentar con mi boca,
Y el consuelo de mis labios podría aliviar su dolor.
6 ¶»Si hablo, mi dolor(D) no disminuye,
Y si callo, no se aparta de mí[c].
7 -»Pero ahora Él me ha agobiado(E);
Tú has asolado toda mi compañía(F),
8 Y me has llenado de arrugas
Que en testigo se han convertido(G);
Mi flacura(H) se levanta contra mí,
Testifica en mi cara.
9 -»Su ira me ha despedazado(I) y me ha perseguido[d],
Contra mí Él ha rechinado los dientes(J);
Mi adversario aguza los ojos contra mí(K).
10 -»Han abierto contra mí su boca(L),
Con injurias me han abofeteado[e](M);
A una se han juntado contra mí(N).
11 -»Dios me entrega a los impíos,
Y me echa en manos de los malvados.
12 -»Estaba yo tranquilo, y Él me sacudió,
Me agarró por la nuca y me hizo pedazos(O);
También me hizo Su blanco(P).
13 -»Me rodean Sus flechas(Q),
Parte mis riñones sin compasión,
Derrama por tierra mi hiel(R).
14 -»Abre en mí brecha tras brecha(S);
Me ataca como un guerrero(T).
15 -»Sobre mi piel he cosido cilicio(U),
Y he hundido en el polvo mi poder[f](V).
16 -»Mi rostro está enrojecido por el llanto(W),
Y cubren[g] mis párpados densa oscuridad(X),
17 Aunque no hay violencia en mis manos[h](Y),
Y es pura mi oración(Z).
18 ¶»¡Oh tierra, no cubras mi sangre,
Y no deje de haber lugar para mi clamor!
19 -»Aun ahora mi testigo(AA) está en el cielo,
Y mi defensor[i] está en las alturas(AB).
20 -»Mis amigos son mis escarnecedores[j];
Mis ojos(AC) lloran[k] a Dios.
21 -»¡Ah, si un hombre pudiera discutir con Dios
Como un hombre[l] con su vecino!
22 -»Pues cuando hayan pasado unos pocos años
Me iré por el camino sin regreso(AD).
Footnotes
- 16:2 Lit. de angustia.
- 16:4 Lit. Si su alma estuviera en lugar de mi alma.
- 16:6 O y si me callo, ¿qué se aleja de mí?
- 16:9 Lit. guardado rencor contra mí.
- 16:10 Lit. herido mis mejillas.
- 16:15 Lit. mi cuerno.
- 16:16 Lit. sobre.
- 16:17 Lit. palmas.
- 16:19 O testigo.
- 16:20 O mediadores.
- 16:20 O gotean.
- 16:21 Lit. hijo de hombre.
Job 16
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Job 16
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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
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