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Job 19
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Segunda respuesta de Job a Bildad

19 Entonces Job les respondió:

2 «¿Cuándo va a dejar de amargarme la vida
y de herirme con sus palabras?
3 ¡Ya es mucho lo que me han ofendido!
¿No les da vergüenza ofenderme tanto?
4 Aun admitiendo que haya errado,
las consecuencias son asunto mío.
5 Pero ustedes se creen mejores que yo,
y me echan en cara mi vergüenza.
6 Bien saben ustedes que Dios me ha derribado,
y que me tiene atrapado en su red.
7 Sufro de violencia, y él no me escucha;
le pido ayuda, y no me hace justicia.
8 Me ha cerrado el paso, me impide avanzar;
mi camino está envuelto en las tinieblas.
9 Me ha despojado de mis riquezas;
¡me ha arrebatado mi corona!
10 Por todos lados me acosa. Estoy acabado.
¡Soy como un árbol frondoso, arrancado de raíz!
11 Dios ha descargado su enojo contra mí,
y me cuenta como uno de sus enemigos.
12 Reclutó contra mí a ejércitos de calamidades,
y los hizo acampar alrededor de mi casa.

13 »Hasta a mis hermanos los ha alejado de mí;
mis amigos me ven y se alejan, como de un extraño.
14 Mis parientes se mantienen a distancia;
mis conocidos me tienen olvidado.
15 Los visitantes me ven como a un extraño;
las criadas de mi casa me desconocen.
16 Llamo a mis criados, y no me hacen caso,
aun cuando personalmente se lo suplico.
17 Mi propia esposa no soporta mi aliento,
cuando me acerco y le pregunto por nuestros hijos.
18 Los jóvenes imberbes me miran con desdén,
y en cuanto me levanto hablan mal de mí.
19 Sufro el desprecio de mis propios amigos;
mis seres queridos me han vuelto la espalda.
20 Tengo la piel y la carne pegadas a los huesos,
y los dientes se me caen de las encías.

21 »¡Amigos míos, por favor, apiádense de mí,
que sobre mí ha caído la mano de Dios!
22 Ustedes me persiguen como el mismo Dios,
¿y todavía no se hartan de devorarme?
23 ¡Cómo quisiera que mis palabras se escribieran,
y que en un libro quedaran registradas!
24 ¡Cómo quisiera que se grabaran con cincel,
y para siempre quedaran esculpidas en piedra!
25 Yo sé que mi Redentor vive,
y que al final se levantará del polvo.
26 También sé que he de contemplar a Dios,
aun cuando el sepulcro destruya mi cuerpo.
27 Yo mismo seré quien lo vea,
y lo veré con mis propios ojos,
aun cuando por dentro ya estoy desfalleciendo.
28 Si ustedes me persiguen, pregúntense por qué,
ya que el origen de mis males soy yo mismo.
29 Tiemblen de miedo ante la espada,
pues con ella Dios castiga toda clase de maldad.
Así sabrán que hay alguien que juzga.»

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Job 19
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Job’s Sixth Speech: A Response to Bildad

19 Then Job spoke again:

2 “How long will you torture me?
    How long will you try to crush me with your words?
3 You have already insulted me ten times.
    You should be ashamed of treating me so badly.
4 Even if I have sinned,
    that is my concern, not yours.
5 You think you’re better than I am,
    using my humiliation as evidence of my sin.
6 But it is God who has wronged me,
    capturing me in his net.[a]

7 “I cry out, ‘Help!’ but no one answers me.
    I protest, but there is no justice.
8 God has blocked my way so I cannot move.
    He has plunged my path into darkness.
9 He has stripped me of my honor
    and removed the crown from my head.
10 He has demolished me on every side, and I am finished.
    He has uprooted my hope like a fallen tree.
11 His fury burns against me;
    he counts me as an enemy.
12 His troops advance.
    They build up roads to attack me.
    They camp all around my tent.

13 “My relatives stay far away,
    and my friends have turned against me.
14 My family is gone,
    and my close friends have forgotten me.
15 My servants and maids consider me a stranger.
    I am like a foreigner to them.
16 When I call my servant, he doesn’t come;
    I have to plead with him!
17 My breath is repulsive to my wife.
    I am rejected by my own family.
18 Even young children despise me.
    When I stand to speak, they turn their backs on me.
19 My close friends detest me.
    Those I loved have turned against me.
20 I have been reduced to skin and bones
    and have escaped death by the skin of my teeth.

21 “Have mercy on me, my friends, have mercy,
    for the hand of God has struck me.
22 Must you also persecute me, like God does?
    Haven’t you chewed me up enough?

23 “Oh, that my words could be recorded.
    Oh, that they could be inscribed on a monument,
24 carved with an iron chisel and filled with lead,
    engraved forever in the rock.

25 “But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives,
    and he will stand upon the earth at last.
26 And after my body has decayed,
    yet in my body I will see God![b]
27 I will see him for myself.
    Yes, I will see him with my own eyes.
    I am overwhelmed at the thought!

28 “How dare you go on persecuting me,
    saying, ‘It’s his own fault’?
29 You should fear punishment yourselves,
    for your attitude deserves punishment.
    Then you will know that there is indeed a judgment.”

Footnotes

  1. 19:6 Or for I am like a city under siege.
  2. 19:26 Or without my body I will see God. The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.
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Job 19
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Job

19 Then Job replied:

2 “How long will you torment(A) me
    and crush(B) me with words?
3 Ten times(C) now you have reproached(D) me;
    shamelessly you attack me.
4 If it is true that I have gone astray,
    my error(E) remains my concern alone.
5 If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me(F)
    and use my humiliation against me,
6 then know that God has wronged me(G)
    and drawn his net(H) around me.(I)

7 “Though I cry, ‘Violence!’ I get no response;(J)
    though I call for help,(K) there is no justice.(L)
8 He has blocked my way so I cannot pass;(M)
    he has shrouded my paths in darkness.(N)
9 He has stripped(O) me of my honor(P)
    and removed the crown from my head.(Q)
10 He tears me down(R) on every side till I am gone;
    he uproots my hope(S) like a tree.(T)
11 His anger(U) burns against me;
    he counts me among his enemies.(V)
12 His troops advance in force;(W)
    they build a siege ramp(X) against me
    and encamp around my tent.(Y)

13 “He has alienated my family(Z) from me;
    my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.(AA)
14 My relatives have gone away;
    my closest friends(AB) have forgotten me.
15 My guests(AC) and my female servants(AD) count me a foreigner;
    they look on me as on a stranger.
16 I summon my servant, but he does not answer,
    though I beg him with my own mouth.
17 My breath is offensive to my wife;
    I am loathsome(AE) to my own family.
18 Even the little boys(AF) scorn me;
    when I appear, they ridicule me.(AG)
19 All my intimate friends(AH) detest me;(AI)
    those I love have turned against me.(AJ)
20 I am nothing but skin and bones;(AK)
    I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.[a]

21 “Have pity on me, my friends,(AL) have pity,
    for the hand of God has struck(AM) me.
22 Why do you pursue(AN) me as God does?(AO)
    Will you never get enough of my flesh?(AP)

23 “Oh, that my words were recorded,
    that they were written on a scroll,(AQ)
24 that they were inscribed with an iron tool(AR) on[b] lead,
    or engraved in rock forever!(AS)
25 I know that my redeemer[c](AT) lives,(AU)
    and that in the end he will stand on the earth.[d]
26 And after my skin has been destroyed,
    yet[e] in[f] my flesh I will see God;(AV)
27 I myself will see him
    with my own eyes(AW)—I, and not another.
    How my heart yearns(AX) within me!

28 “If you say, ‘How we will hound(AY) him,
    since the root of the trouble lies in him,[g]’
29 you should fear the sword yourselves;
    for wrath will bring punishment by the sword,(AZ)
    and then you will know that there is judgment.[h]”(BA)

Footnotes

  1. Job 19:20 Or only by my gums
  2. Job 19:24 Or and
  3. Job 19:25 Or vindicator
  4. Job 19:25 Or on my grave
  5. Job 19:26 Or And after I awake, / though this body has been destroyed, / then
  6. Job 19:26 Or destroyed, / apart from
  7. Job 19:28 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts me
  8. Job 19:29 Or sword, / that you may come to know the Almighty
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