10 But come back and try again, all of you.[a]
I will not find a wise man among you.

11 My days have slipped by;
my plans have been ruined,
even the things dear to my heart.
12 They turned night into day
and made light seem near in the face of darkness.(A)
13 If I await Sheol as my home,
spread out my bed in darkness,
14 and say to corruption, “You are my father,”
and to the maggot, “My mother” or “My sister,”(B)
15 where then is my hope?(C)
Who can see any hope for me?
16 Will it go down to the gates of Sheol,(D)
or will we descend together to the dust?

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Notas al pie

  1. 17:10 Some Hb mss, LXX, Vg; other Hb mss read them

Job Prepares for Death

10 “Come here now, all of you,
    and I won’t find a wise person among you.
11 My days are passed;
    my plans have been shattered;
        along with my heart’s desires.
12 They have transformed night into day—
    ‘The light,’ they say, ‘is about to become dark.’

13 “If my hope were that my house is the afterlife[a] itself,
    if I were to make my bed in darkness,
14 if I call out to the Pit,[b] ‘You’re my father!’
    or say to the worm,[c] ‘My mother!’ or ‘My sister!’
15 where would my hope be?

“And speaking of my hope, who would notice it?
16 Will it go down to the bars that lock the doors[d] of the afterlife?[e]
        Will we descend together into the dust?”

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Notas al pie

  1. Job 17:13 Lit. Sheol; i.e. the realm of the afterlife
  2. Job 17:14 I.e. the realm of punishment in the afterlife
  3. Job 17:14 I.e. an agent of punishment in the afterlife
  4. Job 17:16 The Heb. lacks that lock the doors
  5. Job 17:16 Lit. Sheol; i.e. the realm of the dead