Job 30
Nueva Biblia de las Américas
Lamento de Job
30 »Pero ahora se burlan de mí(A)
Los que son más jóvenes que yo,
A cuyos padres no consideraba yo dignos
De poner con los perros de mi ganado.
2 -»En verdad, la fuerza de sus manos ¿de qué me servía?
Había desaparecido de ellos el vigor.
3 -»De miseria y hambre estaban extenuados;
Roían la tierra seca de noche en desierto y desolación;
4 Arrancaban malvas[a] junto a los matorrales,
Y raíz de retama era su alimento.
5 -»De la comunidad fueron expulsados,
Gritaban contra ellos como contra un ladrón.
6 -»Moraban en valles[b] de terror,
En las cuevas de la tierra y de las peñas.
7 -»Entre los matorrales clamaban[c];
Bajo las ortigas se reunían.
8 -»Necios[d], sí, hijos sin nombre,
Echados a latigazos de la tierra.
9 ¶»Y ahora he venido a ser su escarnio[e](B),
Y soy para ellos motivo de burla(C).
10 -»Me aborrecen y se alejan de mí,
Y no se retraen de escupirme a la cara[f](D).
11 -»Por cuanto Él ha[g] aflojado la cuerda de Su[h] arco y me ha afligido(E),
Se han quitado el freno delante de mí(F).
12 -»A mi derecha se levanta el populacho[i],
Arrojan lazos a mis pies(G)
Y preparan contra mí sus caminos de destrucción(H).
13 -»Arruinan mi senda(I),
A causa de mi destrucción se benefician,
Nadie los detiene.
14 -»Como por ancha brecha vienen,
En medio de[j] la tempestad siguen rodando.
15 -»Contra mí se vuelven los terrores(J),
Como el viento persiguen mi honor[k],
Y como nube(K) se ha disipado mi prosperidad[l].
16 ¶»Y ahora en mí se derrama mi alma(L);
Días de aflicción se han apoderado de mí.
17 -»De noche Él traspasa mis huesos(M) dentro de[m] mí,
Y los dolores que me corroen no descansan.
18 -»Una gran fuerza deforma(N) mi vestidura,
Me aprieta como el cuello de mi túnica.
19 -ȃl me ha arrojado al lodo(O),
Y soy como el polvo y la ceniza.
20 -»Clamo a Ti, y no me respondes(P);
Me pongo en pie, y no me prestas atención.
21 -»Te has vuelto[n] cruel conmigo,
Con el poder de Tu mano me persigues(Q).
22 -»Me alzas al viento, me haces cabalgar en él,
Y me deshaces en la tempestad(R).
23 -»Pues sé que a la muerte me llevarás(S),
A la casa de reunión de todos los vivientes(T).
24 ¶»Sin embargo, ¿no extiende la mano el que está en un montón de ruinas,
Cuando clama en su calamidad(U)?
25 -»¿No he llorado por aquel cuya vida es difícil[o](V)?
¿No se angustió mi alma por el necesitado(W)?
26 -»Cuando esperaba yo el bien, vino el mal(X),
Cuando esperaba la luz, vino la oscuridad(Y).
27 -»Por dentro me hierven las entrañas(Z), y no puedo descansar;
Me vienen al encuentro días de aflicción.
28 -»Ando enlutado(AA), sin consuelo[p];
Me levanto en la asamblea y clamo(AB).
29 -»He venido a ser hermano de chacales(AC)
Y compañero de avestruces.
30 -»Mi piel se ennegrece sobre[q] mí(AD),
Y mis huesos se queman(AE) por la fiebre[r].
31 -»Se ha convertido en duelo mi arpa(AF),
Y mi flauta en voz de los que lloran.
Footnotes
- 30:4 I.e. plantas de los pantanos salados.
- 30:6 O lechos de torrentes.
- 30:7 O rebuznan.
- 30:8 Lit. Hijos de necios.
- 30:9 Lit. canción.
- 30:10 Lit. no retienen saliva de mi cara.
- 30:11 O ellos han.
- 30:11 Algunas versiones antiguas dicen: mi.
- 30:12 Posiblemente, renuevo o prole.
- 30:14 Lit. bajo.
- 30:15 O nobleza.
- 30:15 O bienestar.
- 30:17 Lit. de sobre.
- 30:21 Lit. vuelto a ser.
- 30:25 Lit. aquel de días difíciles.
- 30:28 O ennegrecido, pero no por el calor del sol.
- 30:30 Lit. desde sobre.
- 30:30 Lit. el calor.
Job 30
Legacy Standard Bible
30 “But now those younger than I (A)laugh at me,
Whose fathers I rejected even to put with the dogs of my flock.
2 Indeed, what good was the strength of their hands to me?
Vigor had perished from them.
3 From want and famine they are gaunt,
Who gnaw the dry ground by night in destruction and desolation,
4 Who pluck [a]mallow by the bushes,
And whose food is the root of the broom tree.
5 They are driven from the community;
They shout against them as against a thief,
6 So that they dwell in the slopes of the [b]valleys,
In holes of the dust and of the rocks.
7 Among the bushes they [c]cry out;
Under the nettles they are gathered together.
8 [d]Wicked fools, even [e]those without a name,
They were scourged from the land.
9 “And now I have become their mocking (B)song;
I have even become a (C)taunting word to them.
10 They abhor me and keep a distance from me,
And they do not [f]hold back from (D)spitting at my face.
11 Because [g]He has loosed [h]His [i]bowstring and (E)afflicted me,
They have thrust aside (F)their bridle before me.
12 On the right hand their [j]brood arises;
They (G)thrust aside my feet (H)and build up against me their ways to disaster.
13 They (I)break up my path;
They profit [k]from my destruction;
They have no helper.
14 As through a wide breach they come,
[l]Amid the storm they roll on.
15 (J)Terrors are turned against me;
They pursue my nobility as the wind,
And my hope for salvation has passed away (K)like a cloud.
16 “And now (L)my soul is poured out [m]within me;
Days of affliction have seized me.
17 At night it pierces (M)my bones [n]within me,
And my gnawing pains take no rest.
18 By a great force my garment is (N)distorted;
It seizes me about as the collar of my tunic.
19 He has cast me into the (O)mire,
And I have become like dust and ashes.
20 I (P)cry out to You for help, but You do not answer me;
I stand up, and You carefully consider how to be against me.
21 You have [o]become cruel to me;
With the might of Your hand You (Q)hunted me down.
22 You (R)lift me up to the wind and cause me to ride;
And You melt me away in a storm.
23 For I know that You (S)will bring me to death
And to the (T)house of meeting for all living.
24 “Yet does not one in a heap of ruins stretch out his hand,
Or, in his upheaval, is there a (U)cry for help because of them?
25 Have I not (V)wept for the [p]one whose life is hard?
Was not my soul grieved for (W)the needy?
26 When I (X)hoped for good, then evil came;
When I waited for light, (Y)then thick darkness came.
27 [q]I am boiling (Z)within and cannot be silent;
Days of affliction confront me.
28 I go about (AA)darkened but not by the sun;
I stand up in the assembly and (AB)cry out for help.
29 I have become a brother to (AC)jackals
And a companion of ostriches.
30 My (AD)skin turns black [r]on me,
And my (AE)bones burn with [s]fever.
31 Therefore my (AF)harp [t]is turned to mourning,
And my flute to the sound of those who weep.
Footnotes
- Job 30:4 Plant of the salt marshes
- Job 30:6 Or wadis
- Job 30:7 Or bray
- Job 30:8 Lit Sons of fools
- Job 30:8 Lit sons
- Job 30:10 Lit withhold spit from my face
- Job 30:11 Or they
- Job 30:11 Some mss my
- Job 30:11 Or cord
- Job 30:12 Possibly sprout, offspring
- Job 30:13 Lit for
- Job 30:14 Lit Under
- Job 30:16 Lit upon
- Job 30:17 Lit from upon
- Job 30:21 Lit turned to be
- Job 30:25 Lit hard of day
- Job 30:27 Lit My inward parts are boiling
- Job 30:30 Lit from upon
- Job 30:30 Lit heat
- Job 30:31 Lit becomes
Job 30
King James Version
30 But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.
2 Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished?
3 For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.
4 Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.
5 They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a thief;)
6 To dwell in the cliffs of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks.
7 Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together.
8 They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.
9 And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.
10 They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.
11 Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me.
12 Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction.
13 They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper.
14 They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me.
15 Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.
16 And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.
17 My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.
18 By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.
19 He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.
20 I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not.
21 Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.
22 Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, and dissolvest my substance.
23 For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
24 Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.
25 Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?
26 When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
27 My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me.
28 I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.
29 I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.
30 My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.
31 My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.
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