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Job 19
New Living Translation
Job 19
New Living Translation
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.”
Job 19
Reina-Valera Antigua
Job 19
Reina-Valera Antigua
19 Y RESPONDIO Job, y dijo:
2 ¿Hasta cuándo angustiaréis mi alma, Y me moleréis con palabras?
3 Ya me habéis vituperado diez veces: ¿No os avergonzáis de descomediros delante de mí?
4 Sea así que realmente haya yo errado, Conmigo se quedará mi yerro.
5 Mas si vosotros os engrandeciereis contra mí, Y adujereis contra mí mi oprobio,
6 Sabed ahora que Dios me ha trastornado, Y traído en derredor su red sobre mí.
7 He aquí yo clamaré agravio, y no seré oído: Daré voces, y no habrá juicio.
8 Cercó de vallado mi camino, y no pasaré; Y sobre mis veredas puso tinieblas.
9 Hame despojado de mi gloria, Y quitado la corona de mi cabeza.
10 Arruinóme por todos lados, y perezco; Y ha hecho pasar mi esperanza como árbol arrancado.
11 E hizo inflamar contra mí su furor, Y contóme para sí entre sus enemigos.
12 Vinieron sus ejércitos á una, y trillaron sobre mí su camino, Y asentaron campo en derredor de mi tienda.
13 Hizo alejar de mí mis hermanos, Y positivamente se extrañaron de mí mis conocidos.
14 Mis parientes se detuvieron, Y mis conocidos se olvidaron de mí.
15 Los moradores de mi casa y mis criadas me tuvieron por extraño; Forastero fuí yo en sus ojos.
16 Llamé á mi siervo, y no respondió; De mi propia boca le suplicaba.
17 Mi aliento vino á ser extraño á mi mujer, Aunque por los hijos de mis entrañas le rogaba.
18 Aun los muchachos me menospreciaron: En levantándome, hablaban contra mí.
19 Todos mis confidentes me aborrecieron; Y los que yo amaba, se tornaron contra mí.
20 Mi cuero y mi carne se pegaron á mis huesos; Y he escapado con la piel de mis dientes.
21 Oh vosotros mis amigos, tened compasión de mí, tened compasión de mí; Porque la mano de Dios me ha tocado.
22 ¿Por qué me perseguís como Dios, Y no os hartáis de mis carnes?
23 Quién diese ahora que mis palabras fuesen escritas! Quién diese que se escribieran en un libro!
24 Que con cincel de hierro y con plomo Fuesen en piedra esculpidas para siempre!
25 Yo sé que mi Redentor vive, Y al fin se levantará sobre el polvo:
26 Y después de deshecha esta mi piel, Aun he de ver en mi carne á Dios;
27 Al cual yo tengo de ver por mí, Y mis ojos lo verán, y no otro, Aunque mis riñones se consuman dentro de mí.
28 Mas debierais decir: ¿Por qué lo perseguimos? Ya que la raíz del negocio en mí se halla.
29 Temed vosotros delante de la espada; Porque sobreviene el furor de la espada á causa de las injusticias, Para que sepáis que hay un juicio.
Job 19
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Job 19
New International Version
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!
Footnotes
- Job 19:20 Or only by my gums
- Job 19:24 Or and
- Job 19:25 Or vindicator
- Job 19:25 Or on my grave
- Job 19:26 Or And after I awake, / though this body has been destroyed, / then
- Job 19:26 Or destroyed, / apart from
- Job 19:28 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts me
- Job 19:29 Or sword, / that you may come to know the Almighty
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