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Job 23
Nueva Versión Internacional
Job 23
Nueva Versión Internacional
Octavo discurso de Job
23 A esto respondió Job:
2 «Mi queja sigue siendo amarga;
gimo bajo el peso de su mano.[a]
3 ¡Ah, si supiera yo dónde encontrar a Dios!
¡Si pudiera llegar adonde él habita!
4 Ante él expondría mi caso;
llenaría mi boca de argumentos.
5 Podría conocer su respuesta,
y trataría de entenderla.
6 ¿Disputaría él conmigo con todo su poder?
¡Claro que no! ¡Ni me acusaría!
7 Ante él cualquier hombre intachable podría presentar su caso,
y yo sería absuelto para siempre delante de mi Juez.
8 »Si me dirijo hacia el este, no está allí;
si me encamino al oeste, no lo encuentro.
9 Si está ocupado en el norte, no lo veo;
si se vuelve al sur, no alcanzo a percibirlo.
10 Él, en cambio, conoce mis caminos;
si me pusiera a prueba, saldría yo puro como el oro.
11 En sus sendas he afirmado mis pies;
he seguido su camino sin desviarme.
12 No me he apartado de los mandamientos de sus labios;
valoro más las palabras de su boca que mi pan de cada día.
13 »Pero él es soberano;[b]
¿quién puede hacerlo desistir?
Lo que él quiere hacer, lo hace.
14 Hará conmigo lo que ha determinado;
todo lo que tiene pensado lo realizará.
15 Por eso me espanto en su presencia;
si pienso en todo esto, me lleno de temor.
16 Dios ha hecho que mi corazón desmaye;
me tiene aterrado el Todopoderoso.
17 Con todo, no logran acallarme las tinieblas
ni la densa oscuridad que cubre mi rostro.
Job 23
New International Version
Job 23
New International Version
Job
23 Then Job replied:
2 “Even today my complaint(A) is bitter;(B)
his hand[a] is heavy in spite of[b] my groaning.(C)
3 If only I knew where to find him;
if only I could go to his dwelling!(D)
4 I would state my case(E) before him
and fill my mouth with arguments.(F)
5 I would find out what he would answer me,(G)
and consider what he would say to me.
6 Would he vigorously oppose me?(H)
No, he would not press charges against me.(I)
7 There the upright(J) can establish their innocence before him,(K)
and there I would be delivered forever from my judge.(L)
8 “But if I go to the east, he is not there;
if I go to the west, I do not find him.
9 When he is at work in the north, I do not see him;
when he turns to the south, I catch no glimpse of him.(M)
10 But he knows the way that I take;(N)
when he has tested me,(O) I will come forth as gold.(P)
11 My feet have closely followed his steps;(Q)
I have kept to his way without turning aside.(R)
12 I have not departed from the commands of his lips;(S)
I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread.(T)
13 “But he stands alone, and who can oppose him?(U)
He does whatever he pleases.(V)
14 He carries out his decree against me,
and many such plans he still has in store.(W)
15 That is why I am terrified before him;(X)
when I think of all this, I fear him.(Y)
16 God has made my heart faint;(Z)
the Almighty(AA) has terrified me.(AB)
17 Yet I am not silenced by the darkness,(AC)
by the thick darkness that covers my face.
约伯记 23
Revised Chinese Union Version (Simplified Script) Shen Edition
约伯记 23
Revised Chinese Union Version (Simplified Script) Shen Edition
23 约伯回答说：
2 “如今我的哀告还算为悖逆；
我虽唉哼，他的手仍然重重责罚我[a]。
3 惟愿我知道哪里可以寻见 神，
能到他的台前，
4 我就在他面前陈明我的案件，
满口辩诉。
5 我必知道他回答我的言语，
明白他向我所要说的。
6 他岂用大能与我争辩呢？
不！他必理会我。
7 在那里正直人可以与他辩论，
我就必永远脱离那审判我的。
Job 23
King James Version
Job 23
King James Version
23 Then Job answered and said,
2 Even to day 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 order 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 in 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.
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