Job 29
New King James Version
Job’s Summary Defense
29 Job further continued his discourse, and said:
2 “Oh, that I were as in months (A)past,
As in the days when God (B)watched over me;
3 (C)When His lamp shone upon my head,
And when by His light I walked through darkness;
4 Just as I was in the days of my prime,
When (D)the friendly counsel of God was over my tent;
5 When the Almighty was yet with me,
When my children were around me;
6 When (E)my steps were bathed with [a]cream,
And (F)the rock poured out rivers of oil for me!
7 “When I went out to the gate by the city,
When I took my seat in the open square,
8 The young men saw me and hid,
And the aged arose and stood;
9 The princes refrained from talking,
And (G)put their hand on their mouth;
10 The voice of nobles was hushed,
And their (H)tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.
11 When the ear heard, then it blessed me,
And when the eye saw, then it approved me;
12 Because (I)I delivered the poor who cried out,
The fatherless and the one who had no helper.
13 The blessing of a perishing man came upon me,
And I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.
14 (J)I put on righteousness, and it clothed me;
My justice was like a robe and a turban.
15 I was (K)eyes to the blind,
And I was feet to the lame.
16 I was a father to the poor,
And (L)I searched out the case that I did not know.
17 I broke (M)the fangs of the wicked,
And plucked the victim from his teeth.
18 “Then I said, (N)‘I shall die in my nest,
And multiply my days as the sand.
19 (O)My root is spread out (P)to the waters,
And the dew lies all night on my branch.
20 My glory is fresh within me,
And my (Q)bow is renewed in my hand.’
21 “Men listened to me and waited,
And kept silence for my counsel.
22 After my words they did not speak again,
And my speech settled on them as dew.
23 They waited for me as for the rain,
And they opened their mouth wide as for (R)the spring rain.
24 If I mocked at them, they did not believe it,
And the light of my countenance they did not cast down.
25 I chose the way for them, and sat as chief;
So I dwelt as a king in the army,
As one who comforts mourners.
Job 29
La Palabra (Hispanoamérica)
Final del diálogo (29—31)
Quejas y autodefensa de Job: el pasado
29 Job continuó así su discurso:
2 ¡Si pudiera revivir el pasado,
cuando Dios se ocupaba de mí,
3 cuando su lámpara
brillaba sobre mi cabeza
y su luz iluminaba mis tinieblas!
4 ¡Aquellos días de mi otoño,
cuando Dios era un íntimo en mi tienda,
5 cuando sentía al Todopoderoso conmigo
y todos mis hijos me rodeaban!
6 Cuando lavaba mis pies en leche
y la roca me daba arroyos de aceite.
7 Cuando iba a la puerta de la ciudad
y, al tomar asiento en la plaza,
8 los jóvenes se escondían al verme,
los ancianos se ponían de pie;
9 la gente principal callaba,
tapándose la boca con la mano;
10 enmudecía la voz de los notables,
se les pegaba la lengua al paladar.
11 La gente que me oía me felicitaba,
quien lo veía se ponía de mi parte;
12 yo libraba al pobre suplicante,
al huérfano carente de ayuda;
13 recibía la gratitud del moribundo,
devolvía la alegría a las viudas.
14 La justicia me cubría como un vestido,
me arropaba lo mismo que un manto,
y el derecho me servía de turbante.
15 Yo era ojos para el ciego,
era pies para los cojos;
16 era padre de los pobres,
abogado de extranjeros.
17 Rompía los colmillos del malvado
y arrancaba la pieza de sus dientes.
18 Pensaba: “Moriré en mi nido,
prolongaré mi vida como el Fénix,
19 con mis raíces a la orilla del agua
y el rocío de la noche en mi ramaje;
20 mi prestigio irá en aumento
y mi arco se reafirmará en mi mano”.
21 La gente me escuchaba expectante,
en silencio, esperando mi consejo;
22 nada añadían cuando yo terminaba,
recibían mis palabras como rocío;
23 me esperaban como a lluvia temprana,
boquiabiertos al agua de primavera.
24 Les sonreía y no daban crédito,
los animaba la luz de mi rostro.
25 Les mostraba el camino y los guiaba,
lo mismo que un rey ante sus tropas;
los guiaba y se dejaban conducir.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
La Palabra, (versión hispanoamericana) © 2010 Texto y Edición, Sociedad Bíblica de España