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
International Children’s Bible
Job Answers Eliphaz
16 Then Job answered:
2 “I have heard many things like these.
You are all painful comforters!
3 Will your long, useless speeches never end?
What makes you keep on arguing?
4 I also could speak as you do
if you were in my place.
I could make great speeches against you.
And I could shake my head at you.
5 But, instead, my words would encourage you.
I would speak words of comfort to bring you relief.
6 “But if I speak, my pain does not become less.
And if I don’t speak, it still does not go away.
7 God, you have surely taken away my strength.
You have destroyed my whole family.
8 You have made me thin and weak.
And people feel that this shows I have done wrong.
9 God attacks me and tears me with anger.
He grinds his teeth at me.
My enemy stares at me with his angry eyes.
10 People open their mouths to make fun of me.
They hit my cheeks to insult me.
They join together against me.
11 God has turned me over to evil men.
He has thrown me into the clutches of the wicked.
12 Everything was fine with me.
But then God broke me into pieces.
He held me by the neck and crushed me.
He has made me his target.
13 God’s archers surround me.
He stabs my kidneys and has no mercy.
He spills my blood on the ground.
14 Again and again God attacks me.
He runs at me like a soldier.
15 “I have sewed rough cloth over my skin to show my sadness.
I have buried my face in the dust.
16 My face is red from crying.
I have dark circles around my eyes.
17 And yet my hands have never done anything cruel.
And my prayer is pure.
18 “Earth, please do not cover up my blood.
Don’t let my cry ever stop being heard!
19 Even now I have one who speaks for me in heaven.
The one who is on my side is high above.
20 The one who speaks for me is my friend.
While he does this, my eyes pour out tears to God.
21 He begs God on behalf of a man
as a man begs for his friend.
22 “Only a few years will pass
before I go on the journey from which I cannot return.
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