Job 23
Reina-Valera Antigua
23 Y RESPONDIO Job, y dijo:
2 Hoy también hablaré con amargura; Que es más grave mi llaga que mi gemido.
3 Quién me diera el saber dónde hallar á Dios! Yo iría hasta su silla.
4 Ordenaría juicio delante de él, Y henchiría mi boca de argumentos.
5 Yo sabría lo que él me respondería, Y entendería lo que me dijese.
6 ¿Pleitearía conmigo con grandeza de fuerza? No: antes él la pondría en mí.
7 Allí el justo razonaría con él: Y escaparía para siempre de mi juez.
8 He aquí yo iré al oriente, y no lo hallaré; Y al occidente, y no lo percibiré:
9 Si al norte él obrare, yo no lo veré; Al mediodía se esconderá, y no lo veré.
10 Mas él conoció mi camino: Probaráme, y saldré como oro.
11 Mis pies tomaron su rastro; Guardé su camino, y no me aparté.
12 Del mandamiento de sus labios nunca me separé; Guardé las palabras de su boca más que mi comida.
13 Empero si él se determina en una cosa, ¿quién lo apartará? Su alma deseó, é hizo.
14 El pues acabará lo que ha determinado de mí: Y muchas cosas como estas hay en él.
15 Por lo cual yo me espanto en su presencia: Consideraré, y temerélo.
16 Dios ha enervado mi corazón, Y hame turbado el Omnipotente.
17 ¿Por qué no fuí yo cortado delante de las tinieblas, Y cubrió con oscuridad mi rostro?
Job 23
Revised Standard Version
Job Replies: My Complaint Is Bitter
23 Then Job answered:
2 “Today also my complaint is bitter,[a]
his[b] hand is heavy in spite of my groaning.
3 Oh, that I knew where I might find him,
that I might come even to his seat!
4 I would lay my case before him
and fill my mouth with arguments.
5 I would learn what he would answer me,
and understand what he would say to me.
6 Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power?
No; he would give heed to me.
7 There an upright man could reason with him,
and I should be acquitted for ever by my judge.
8 “Behold, I go forward, but he is not there;
and backward, but I cannot perceive him;
9 on the left hand I seek him,[c] but I cannot behold him;
I[d] turn to the right hand, but I cannot see him.
10 But he knows the way that I take;
when he has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
11 My foot has held fast to his steps;
I have kept his way and have not turned aside.
12 I have not departed from the commandment of his lips;
I have treasured in[e] my bosom the words of his mouth.
13 But he is unchangeable and who can turn him?
What he desires, that he does.
14 For he will complete what he appoints for me;
and many such things are in his mind.
15 Therefore I am terrified at his presence;
when I consider, I am in dread of him.
16 God has made my heart faint;
the Almighty has terrified me;
17 for I am[f] hemmed in by darkness,
and thick darkness covers my face.[g]
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