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Job 16
Dios Habla Hoy
Job 16
Dios Habla Hoy
Job
16 Ya he oído muchas veces cosas parecidas.
Ustedes, en vez de consolarme, me atormentan.
3 ¿Es que no hay fin para las palabras huecas?
¿Qué manía es ésa de contradecirme?
4 Si ustedes estuvieran ahora en mi lugar,
también yo hablaría como ustedes;
movería burlonamente la cabeza
y les lanzaría un torrente de palabras,
5 palabras amables y consoladoras,
para darles ánimo y valor.
6 Pero ni el hablar calma mi dolor,
ni el callar me trae alivio.
7 Dios ha acabado con mis fuerzas;
me ha quitado todos mis amigos
8 y me ha puesto en prisión.
Ha levantado testimonios contra mí;
contra mí ha presentado acusaciones falsas.
9 El Señor me persigue y me desgarra,
me amenaza como una fiera,
me clava los ojos cual si fuera mi enemigo.
10 La gente se amontona contra mí,
me hace muecas
y me da de bofetadas para humillarme.
11 Dios me ha puesto en manos
de gente malvada y criminal.
12 Yo estaba en paz, y él me agarró del cuello;
me estrujó, me hizo pedazos.
Me convirtió en el blanco de sus flechas.
13 De todos lados me dispara;
atraviesa mi cuerpo sin ninguna compasión,
y se esparcen mis entrañas por el suelo.
14 Me abre herida tras herida,
se lanza contra mí como un guerrero.
15 Lleno de tristeza, me puse ásperas ropas
y hundí en el polvo mi cabeza.
16 La cara se me ha hinchado de llorar;
se me ha nublado la vista,
17 a pesar de que nunca hice violencia a nadie
y de que ha sido pura mi oración.
18 Este crimen contra mí, clama justicia;
¡tierra, no sepultes mi clamor!
19 Alguien debe de haber en el cielo
que declare en mi favor,
20 que interprete ante Dios mis pensamientos,
para que él vea mis lágrimas;
21 alguien que hable ante Dios en mi favor,
como se habla ante un hombre en favor de otro.
22 Los pocos años que me quedan van pasando,
y pronto emprenderé el viaje sin regreso.
Job 16
English Standard Version
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.
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
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