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Job 23
Reina-Valera 1960
Job 23
Reina-Valera 1960
Job desea abogar su causa delante de Dios
23 Respondió Job, y dijo:
2 Hoy también hablaré con amargura;
Porque es más grave mi llaga que mi gemido.
3 ¡Quién me diera el saber dónde hallar a Dios!
Yo iría hasta su silla.
4 Expondría mi causa delante de él,
Y llenaría mi boca de argumentos.
5 Yo sabría lo que él me respondiese,
Y entendería lo que me dijera.
6 ¿Contendería conmigo con grandeza de fuerza?
No; antes él me atendería.
7 Allí el justo razonaría con él;
Y yo 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 muestra su poder al norte, yo no lo veré;
Al sur se esconderá, y no lo veré.
10 Mas él conoce mi camino;
Me probará, y saldré como oro.
11 Mis pies han seguido sus pisadas;
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 Pero si él determina una cosa, ¿quién lo hará cambiar?
Su alma deseó, e hizo.
14 Él, 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;
Cuando lo considero, tiemblo a causa de él.
16 Dios ha enervado mi corazón,
Y me ha turbado el Omnipotente.
17 ¿Por qué no fui yo cortado delante de las tinieblas,
Ni fue cubierto con oscuridad mi rostro?
Job 23
English Standard Version
Job 23
English Standard Version
Job Replies: Where Is God?
23 Then Job answered and said:
2 “Today also my (A)complaint is bitter;[a]
my (B)hand is heavy on account of my groaning.
3 Oh, (C)that I knew where I might find him,
that I might come even to his (D)seat!
4 I would (E)lay my case before him
and fill my mouth with arguments.
5 I would know what he would answer me
and understand what he would say to me.
6 Would he (F)contend with me in the greatness of his power?
No; he would pay attention to me.
7 There an upright man could argue with him,
and I would be acquitted forever by my judge.
8 “Behold, (G)I go forward, but he is not there,
and backward, but I do not perceive him;
9 on the left hand when he is working, I do not behold him;
he turns to the right hand, but I do not see him.
10 But he (H)knows (I)the way that I (J)take;
when he has (K)tried me, I shall come out as gold.
11 My foot (L)has held fast to his steps;
I have kept his way and have (M)not turned aside.
12 I have not departed from the commandment of his lips;
I have (N)treasured the words of his mouth more than my (O)portion of food.
13 But he is unchangeable,[b] and (P)who can turn him back?
What he (Q)desires, that he does.
14 For he will complete what he (R)appoints for me,
and many such things are (S)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 (T)heart faint;
the Almighty has terrified me;
17 yet I am not silenced because of the darkness,
nor because thick darkness covers my face.
Reina-Valera 1960 (RVR1960) 
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English Standard Version (ESV) 
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