Job 16
Nueva Versión Internacional (Castilian)
Quinto discurso de Job
16 A esto, Job contestó:
2 «He escuchado muchas cosas como estas;
¡valiente consuelo el de[a] todos vosotros!
3 ¿No habrá fin a vuestras peroratas?
¿Qué os irrita tanto que seguís contendiendo?
4 ¡También yo podría hablar del mismo modo
si estuvierais vosotros en mi lugar!
¡También yo pronunciaría bellos discursos contra vosotros,
meneando con sarcasmo la cabeza!
5 ¡Os infundiría nuevos bríos con la boca;
os daría consuelo con los labios!
6 »Si hablo, mi dolor no disminuye;
si me callo, tampoco se me calma.
7 Ciertamente Dios me ha destruido;
ha exterminado[b] a toda mi familia.
8 Me tiene acorralado, y da testimonio contra mí;
mi deplorable estado se levanta y me condena.
9 »En su enojo, Dios me desgarra y me persigue;
rechina los dientes contra mí;
en mí clava su mirada mi adversario.
10 La gente se mofa de mí abiertamente;
burlones, me dan de bofetadas,
y todos juntos se ponen en mi contra.
11 Dios me ha entregado en manos de gente inicua;
me ha arrojado en las garras de los malvados.
12 Yo vivía tranquilo, pero él me destrozó;
me agarró por el cuello y me hizo pedazos;
¡me hizo blanco de sus ataques!
13 Sus arqueros me rodearon.
Sin piedad me perforaron los riñones,
y mi hiel se derramó por el suelo.
14 Abriéndome herida tras herida,
se lanzaron contra mí como un guerrero.
15 »El luto es parte de mi cuerpo;
en el polvo tengo enterrada la frente.[c]
16 De tanto llorar tengo enrojecida la cara,
profundas ojeras tengo en torno a los ojos;
17 pero mis manos están libres de violencia,
y es pura mi oración.
18 »¡Ah, tierra, no cubras mi sangre!
¡No dejes que se acalle mi clamor!
19 Ahora mismo tengo en los cielos un testigo;
en lo alto se encuentra mi abogado.
20 Mi intercesor es mi amigo,[d]
y ante él me deshago en lágrimas
21 para que interceda ante Dios en favor mío,
como quien apela por su amigo.
22 Pasarán solo unos cuantos años
antes de que yo emprenda el viaje sin regreso.
Job 16
King James Version
16 Then Job answered and said,
2 I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.
3 Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?
4 I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.
5 But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief.
6 Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased?
7 But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.
8 And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.
9 He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
11 God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.
12 I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.
13 His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
14 He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
15 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.
16 My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
17 Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.
18 O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.
19 Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high.
20 My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.
21 O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!
22 When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.
Job 16
English Standard Version
Job Replies: Miserable Comforters Are You
16 Then Job answered and said:
2 “I have heard (A)many such things;
(B)miserable comforters are you all.
3 Shall (C)windy words have an end?
Or what provokes you that you answer?
4 I also could speak as you do,
if you were in my place;
I could join words together against you
and (D)shake my head at you.
5 I could strengthen 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 forbear, how much of it leaves me?
7 Surely now God has worn me out;
(E)he has[a] made desolate all my company.
8 And he has shriveled me up,
which is (F)a witness against me,
and my (G)leanness has risen up against me;
it testifies to my face.
9 He has (H)torn me in his wrath (I)and hated me;
he has (J)gnashed his teeth at me;
my adversary sharpens his eyes against me.
10 Men have (K)gaped at me with their mouth;
they have (L)struck me insolently on the cheek;
they (M)mass themselves together against me.
11 God gives me up to the ungodly
and casts me into the hands of the wicked.
12 I was at ease, and he broke me apart;
he seized me by the neck and dashed me to pieces;
he set me up as his (N)target;
13 his (O)archers surround me.
He slashes open my kidneys (P)and does not spare;
he (Q)pours out my gall on the ground.
14 He breaks me with (R)breach upon breach;
he (S)runs upon me like a warrior.
15 I have sewed (T)sackcloth upon my skin
and have laid (U)my strength (V)in the dust.
16 My face is red with weeping,
and on my eyelids is (W)deep darkness,
17 although there is no (X)violence in my hands,
and my prayer is pure.
18 “O earth, (Y)cover not my blood,
and let my (Z)cry find no resting place.
19 Even now, behold, my (AA)witness is in heaven,
and he who testifies for me is (AB)on high.
20 My friends (AC)scorn me;
my eye pours out tears to God,
21 that he would (AD)argue the case of a man with God,
as[b] a son of man does with his neighbor.
22 For when a few years have come
I shall go the way (AE)from which I shall not return.
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