Job 33
Evangelical Heritage Version
33 But now, Job, listen to my speech.
Pay close attention to all my words.
2 Listen, because I have opened my mouth.
See how my tongue shapes words in my mouth.
3 My speech will reveal my upright heart.
My lips express my knowledge plainly.[a]
4 The spirit[b] of God made me.
The breath of the Almighty gave me life.
5 Refute me if you are able.
Lay out your case before me! Take your stand!
6 Look, my mouth belongs to God, just as your mouth does.
Like you I was snipped off from a lump of clay.
7 Look, you should not be terrified by how awesome I am.
Pressure from me should not intimidate you.
8 However, you said this in my hearing,
and I did hear the sound of these words:
9 “I am pure, without any sinful rebellion.
I am clean. I have no guilt.
10 But look how God finds pretexts to oppose me.
He treats me like his enemy.
11 He has put my feet in stocks.
He patrols all my paths.”
12 Job, listen to this!
You are not right.
I must refute you!
Certainly, God is greater than a man.
13 Why do you bring charges against him,
just because he does not answer all of a man’s questions?
14 God does speak, sometimes one way, sometimes another,
but people do not pay attention to it.
15 In a dream, in a vision in the night,
when people are falling into a deep sleep,
while they slumber on their beds,
16 he whispers a revelation into people’s ears,
and he confirms his warnings to them,
17 in order to turn a man from his course of action
and to suppress a person’s pride.
18 He spares his life from the pit.
He spares his life from crossing the stream of death.[c]
19 Or a person may be disciplined on his bed by pain
and by continual agony in his bones,
20 so that his life makes food disgusting to him,
and he has no appetite for delicious food.
21 His flesh wastes away and disappears,
and his bones, which were hidden, now stick out.
22 Then his soul draws near to destruction,
and his life to those who bring death.
23 If there is a messenger at his side to mediate,
one out of a thousand, to tell a man what is right for him,
24 if he is gracious to him,
if he says, “Spare him from going down to the pit.
I have found a ransom for him,”
25 then his flesh would become more vigorous than it was in his youth.
He would return to days of youthful vitality.
26 Then he would pray to God,
and God would be pleased with him.
With a joyful cry he would see God’s face,
and God would restore his righteousness to the man.
27 Then the man would turn to people and say,[d]
“I have sinned, and I have perverted what is right,
yet I was not punished as much as I deserved.
28 God has redeemed my soul from passing into the pit,
and my life will see the light.”
29 Look, God does all these things with a man—
two times, or even three times—
30 to bring back his soul from the pit,
so that light shines on him among the living.
31 Pay attention, Job. Listen to me.
Be silent, so that I may speak.
32 If you have anything to say, answer me.
Speak up, for I would be delighted to declare you innocent.
33 If you have nothing to say, listen to me
Be silent, so I may teach you wisdom.
Job 33
La Palabra (España)
Orgullo de Job
33 Escucha, Job, mis palabras;
presta oído a lo que digo:
2 Ya comienzo a abrir la boca;
mi lengua y mi paladar
empiezan a formar palabras.
3 Hablaré con corazón sincero,
mis labios dirán la pura verdad.
4 El soplo de Dios me formó,
el Todopoderoso me hizo vivir.
5 Contéstame, si eres capaz;
permanece firme frente a mí.
6 Para Dios, yo soy como tú;
modelado también con arcilla.
7 No te voy a llenar de terror,
ni pienso ensañarme contigo.
8 Tú declaraste ante mí
(yo mismo oí tus palabras):
9 “Soy puro, sin un delito;
soy inocente, sin culpa.
10 Es Dios quien busca excusas,
quien me tiene por enemigo
11 y pone cepos a mis pies
controlando todos mis pasos”.
12 Pues te digo que no tienes razón:
si es más grande Dios que el ser humano,
13 ¿por qué te atreves a acusarlo
de no responder a tus razones?
14 Dios habla de muchas formas,
aunque no sepamos verlo:
15 en sueños o visiones nocturnas,
cuando cae el sopor sobre nosotros
y el sueño nos invade en la cama.
16 Abre entonces el oído a las personas
e inculca en ellas sus advertencias:
17 para impedir que cometan maldad
y protegerlas del orgullo humano;
18 para impedirles que caigan en la fosa,
que su vida atraviese el Canal.
19 Prueba al ser humano en el dolor
con la agonía incesante de sus miembros,
20 hasta que acaba detestando la comida
y le repugna su manjar favorito.
21 Puedes ver cómo su cuerpo se consume,
sus huesos, antes ocultos, aparecen;
22 su existencia se acerca a la tumba,
su vida al lugar de los muertos.
23 Pero si tiene un ángel junto a él,
un mediador entre mil,
que pueda defender su honradez,
24 suplicará piedad en su favor:
“Líbralo de bajar a la fosa,
he encontrado quien rescate su vida”.
25 Entonces su cuerpo retoñará,
volverá a sus años lozanos.
26 Dios escuchará sus plegarias,
podrá ver su rostro con alegría,
pues le ha devuelto su integridad.
27 Luego proclamará delante de todos:
“Me equivoqué y pervertí el derecho,
pero no me ha pagado como merecía.
28 Me ha librado de bajar a la fosa,
mi existencia está abierta a la luz”.
29 Dios suele hacer todo esto
una y mil veces al ser humano,
30 para librar su vida de la fosa
e inundarlo de la luz de la vida.
31 Escucha, Job, presta atención;
calla mientras estoy hablando.
32 Si tienes argumentos, contéstame;
habla, que deseo darte la razón.
33 Pero, si no los tienes, atiende;
calla y te enseñaré sabiduría.
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