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Job 3
Biblia del Jubileo
Job 3
Biblia del Jubileo
3 Después de esto abrió Job su boca, y maldijo su día.
2 Y exclamó Job, y dijo:
3 Perezca el día en que yo fui nacido, y la noche que dijo: Varón es concebido.
4 Aquel día fuera tinieblas, y Dios no curara de él desde arriba, ni claridad resplandeciera sobre él.
5 Que tinieblas y sombra de muerte sea su redentor; reposara sobre él nublado, que lo hiciera horrible como día caluroso.
6 Aquella noche ocupara oscuridad, ni fuera contada entre los días del año, ni viniera en el número de los meses.
7 ¡Oh, si fuere aquella noche solitaria, que no viniera en ella canción!
8 Maldijéranla los que maldicen al día, los que se aparejan para levantar su llanto.
9 Las estrellas de su alba fueran oscurecidas; esperaran la luz, y no viniera, ni viera los párpados de la mañana;
10 por cuanto no cerró las puertas del vientre donde yo estaba, ni escondió de mis ojos la miseria.
11 ¿Por qué no morí yo desde la matriz, o fui traspasado saliendo del vientre?
12 ¿Por qué me previnieron las rodillas? ¿Y para qué los senos que mamare?
13 Pues que ahora yaciera yo, y reposara; durmiera, y entonces tuviera reposo,
14 con los reyes y con los consejeros de la tierra, que edifican para sí los desiertos;
15 o con los príncipes que poseen el oro, que llenan sus casas de plata.
16 O ¿por qué no fui escondido como abortivo, como los pequeñitos que nunca vieron luz?
17 ¶ Allí los impíos dejaron de molestar, y allí descansaron los de cansadas fuerzas.
18 Allí también reposaron los cautivos; no oyeron la voz del exactor.
19 Allí está el chico y el grande; allí es el esclavo libre de su señor.
20 ¿Por qué dio luz al trabajado, y vida a los amargos de ánimo?
21 Que esperan la muerte, y no la hay; y la buscan más que tesoros.
22 Que se alegran sobremanera, y se gozan cuando hallan el sepulcro.
23 Al hombre que no sabe por donde vaya, y que Dios lo encerró.
24 Porque antes que mi pan, viene mi suspiro; y mis bramidos corren como aguas.
25 Porque el temor que me espantaba me ha venido, y me ha acontecido lo que temía.
26 Nunca tuve prosperidad, nunca me aseguré, ni nunca me reposé; y me vino turbación.
Job 3
English Standard Version
Job 3
English Standard Version
Job Laments His Birth
3 After this Job (A)opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth. 2 And Job said:
3 (B)“Let the day perish on which I was born,
and the night that said,
‘A man is conceived.’
4 Let that day be darkness!
May God above not seek it,
nor light shine upon it.
5 Let gloom and (C)deep darkness claim it.
Let clouds dwell upon it;
let the blackness of the day terrify it.
6 That night—let thick darkness seize it!
Let it not rejoice among the days of the year;
let it not come into the number of the months.
7 Behold, let that night be barren;
let no joyful cry enter it.
8 Let those curse it who curse the day,
who are ready to rouse up (D)Leviathan.
9 Let the stars of its dawn be dark;
let it hope for light, but have none,
nor see (E)the eyelids of the morning,
10 because it did not shut the doors of my mother's womb,
nor hide trouble from my eyes.
11 “Why (F)did I not die at birth,
come out from the womb and expire?
12 Why did (G)the knees receive me?
Or why the breasts, that I should nurse?
13 For then I would have lain down and been quiet;
I would have slept; then I would have been at rest,
14 with kings and counselors of the earth
who (H)rebuilt ruins for themselves,
15 or with princes who had gold,
who filled their houses with silver.
16 Or why was I not as a hidden (I)stillborn child,
as infants who never see the light?
17 There the wicked cease from troubling,
and there the weary are at (J)rest.
18 There the prisoners are at ease together;
they hear not the voice of (K)the taskmaster.
19 The small and the great are there,
and the slave is free from his master.
20 “Why is light given to him who is in misery,
and life to (L)the bitter in soul,
21 who (M)long for death, but it comes not,
and dig for it more than for (N)hidden treasures,
22 who rejoice exceedingly
and are glad when they find the grave?
23 Why is light given to a man whose (O)way is hidden,
whom God has (P)hedged in?
24 For my sighing comes (Q)instead of[a] my bread,
and my (R)groanings are poured out like water.
25 (S)For the thing that I fear comes upon me,
and what I dread befalls me.
26 I am not at ease, nor am I quiet;
I have no rest, but trouble comes.”
Footnotes
- Job 3:24 Or like; Hebrew before
Job 3
New International Version
Job 3
New International Version
Job Speaks
3 After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.(A) 2 He said:
3 “May the day of my birth perish,
and the night that said, ‘A boy is conceived!’(B)
4 That day—may it turn to darkness;
may God above not care about it;
may no light shine on it.
5 May gloom and utter darkness(C) claim it once more;
may a cloud settle over it;
may blackness overwhelm it.
6 That night—may thick darkness(D) seize it;
may it not be included among the days of the year
nor be entered in any of the months.
7 May that night be barren;
may no shout of joy(E) be heard in it.
8 May those who curse days[a] curse that day,(F)
those who are ready to rouse Leviathan.(G)
9 May its morning stars become dark;
may it wait for daylight in vain
and not see the first rays of dawn,(H)
10 for it did not shut the doors of the womb on me
to hide trouble from my eyes.
11 “Why did I not perish at birth,
and die as I came from the womb?(I)
12 Why were there knees to receive me(J)
and breasts that I might be nursed?
13 For now I would be lying down(K) in peace;
I would be asleep and at rest(L)
14 with kings and rulers of the earth,(M)
who built for themselves places now lying in ruins,(N)
15 with princes(O) who had gold,
who filled their houses with silver.(P)
16 Or why was I not hidden away in the ground like a stillborn child,(Q)
like an infant who never saw the light of day?(R)
17 There the wicked cease from turmoil,(S)
and there the weary are at rest.(T)
18 Captives(U) also enjoy their ease;
they no longer hear the slave driver’s(V) shout.(W)
19 The small and the great are there,(X)
and the slaves are freed from their owners.
20 “Why is light given to those in misery,
and life to the bitter of soul,(Y)
21 to those who long for death that does not come,(Z)
who search for it more than for hidden treasure,(AA)
22 who are filled with gladness
and rejoice when they reach the grave?(AB)
23 Why is life given to a man
whose way is hidden,(AC)
whom God has hedged in?(AD)
24 For sighing(AE) has become my daily food;(AF)
my groans(AG) pour out like water.(AH)
25 What I feared has come upon me;
what I dreaded(AI) has happened to me.(AJ)
26 I have no peace,(AK) no quietness;
I have no rest,(AL) but only turmoil.”(AM)
Footnotes
- Job 3:8 Or curse the sea
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