Job 23
21st Century King James Version
23 Then Job answered and said:
2 “Even today is my complaint bitter; my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
3 Oh that I knew where I might find Him, that I might come even to His seat!
4 I would place my cause before Him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
5 I would know the words which He would answer me, and understand what He would say unto me.
6 Will He plead against me with His great power? No, but He would put strength in me.
7 There the righteous might dispute with Him; so should I be delivered for ever from my Judge.
8 “Behold, I go forward, but He is not there, and backward, but I cannot perceive Him;
9 on the left hand where He doth work, but I cannot behold Him; He hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see Him.
10 But He knoweth the way that I take; when He hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
11 My foot hath held His steps; His way have I kept, and not declined.
12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of His lips; I have esteemed the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.
13 But He is of one mind, and who can turn Him? And what His soul desireth, even that He doeth.
14 For He performeth the thing that is appointed for me; and many such things are with Him.
15 Therefore am I troubled at His presence; when I consider, I am afraid of Him.
16 For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me;
17 because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath He covered the darkness from my face.
Job 23
La Palabra (Hispanoamérica)
Triunfo del mal y aparente ausencia de Dios
23 Job respondió así:
2 También hoy me lamento y me rebelo
pues su mano multiplica mis gemidos.
3 ¡Si supiera al menos dar con él,
si pudiese entrar en su morada!
4 Expondría mi causa ante él,
llenaría mi boca de razones;
5 sabría en qué términos se defiende,
entendería lo que quiere decirme.
6 ¿Recurriría en el pleito a su gran fuerza?
No creo; me escucharía con atención.
7 Yo discutiría limpiamente con él
y ganaría finalmente el caso.
8 Mas voy a Oriente y no está allí;
a Occidente y no puedo distinguirlo;
9 se oculta en el Norte y no lo veo;
escondido en el Sur, no lo descubro.
10 Él, en cambio, conoce mis andanzas;
si me prueba, saldré purificado como el oro.
11 He seguido de cerca sus huellas,
firme en su camino, sin desviarme;
12 no me he apartado de las normas de su boca,
he guardado en el pecho sus decretos.
13 Pero él es firme en sus decisiones,
¿quién podrá disuadirlo?
Siempre lleva a cabo sus proyectos.
14 Seguro que ejecuta mi sentencia,
como hace en casos parecidos.
15 Por eso tengo miedo de verlo;
cuando pienso en ello, me espanto.
16 Dios me ha arrancado el valor,
me aterroriza el Todopoderoso.
17 ¡Ojalá desapareciese en la tiniebla
y la oscuridad ocultase mi rostro!
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