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Job 6
Nueva Biblia de las Américas
Job 6
Nueva Biblia de las Américas
Respuesta de Job a Elifaz
6 Entonces Job respondió:
2 «¡Oh, si pudiera pesarse mi sufrimiento,
Y ponerse en la balanza junto con mi calamidad(A)!
3 -»Porque pesarían(B) ahora más que la arena de los mares;
Por eso mis palabras han sido precipitadas.
4 -»Porque las flechas del Todopoderoso[a] están clavadas en mí(C),
Cuyo veneno bebe mi espíritu(D);
Contra mí se juntan[b] los terrores de Dios(E).
5 -»¿Acaso rebuzna el asno montés junto a[c] su hierba(F),
O muge el buey junto a[d] su forraje?
6 -»¿Se come sin sal lo insípido,
O hay gusto en la clara del huevo[e]?
7 -»Mi alma se niega a tocar estas cosas;
Son alimento repugnante para mí(G).
8 ¶»¡Quién me diera que mi petición se cumpliera,
Que Dios me concediera mi anhelo,
9 Que Dios consintiera en aplastarme,
Que soltara Su mano y acabara conmigo(H)!
10 -»Pero aún tengo consuelo,
Y me regocijo en el dolor sin tregua,
Que no he negado[f] las palabras del Santo(I).
11 -»¿Cuál es mi fuerza, para que yo espere,
Y cuál es mi fin, para que yo resista[g](J)?
12 -»¿Es mi fuerza la fuerza de las piedras,
O es mi carne de bronce?
13 -»¿Es que mi ayuda(K) no está dentro de mí,
Y está alejado de mí todo auxilio[h](L)?
14 ¶»Para el abatido(M), debe haber compasión de parte de su amigo;
No sea que abandone el temor[i] del Todopoderoso(N).
15 -»Mis hermanos han obrado engañosamente como un torrente[j],
Como las corrientes de los arroyos que se desvanecen(O),
16 Que a causa del hielo están turbios
Y en los que la nieve se derrite[k].
17 -»Cuando se quedan sin agua, están silenciosos[l],
Cuando hace calor, desaparecen de su lugar(P).
18 -»Serpentean las sendas de su curso,
Se evaporan en la nada y perecen[m].
19 -»Las caravanas de Temán(Q) los buscaron[n],
Los viajeros de Sabá(R) contaban con ellos.
20 -»Quedaron frustrados[o] porque habían confiado,
Llegaron allí y fueron confundidos(S).
21 -»Ciertamente, así son ustedes ahora,
Ven algo aterrador y se espantan(T).
22 -»¿Acaso he dicho: “Denme algo,
De su riqueza ofrézcanme un soborno,
23 Líbrenme de la mano del adversario”,
O: “Rescátenme de la mano de los tiranos”?
24 ¶»Instrúyanme, y yo me callaré(U);
Muéstrenme en qué he errado.
25 -»¡Cuán dolorosas son las palabras sinceras!
Pero ¿qué prueba el argumento de ustedes?
26 -»¿Piensan censurar mis palabras,
Cuando las palabras del desesperado se las lleva el[p] viento(V)?
27 -»Aun echarían suerte(W) sobre los huérfanos(X),
Y especularían con su amigo(Y).
28 -»Y ahora, traten de mirarme,
Y vean si miento(Z) en sus propias caras.
29 -»Desistan, por favor; que no haya injusticia;
Sí, desistan; en ello está aún mi justicia(AA).
30 -»¿Acaso hay injusticia en mi lengua?
¿No puede mi paladar discernir calamidades(AB)?
Footnotes
- 6:4 Heb. Shaddai.
- 6:4 O se colocan en línea de batalla.
- 6:5 O sobre.
- 6:5 O sobre.
- 6:6 Heb. rir halamut, de significado incierto; quizá el jugo de una planta.
- 6:10 Lit. ocultado.
- 6:11 Lit. prolongue mi alma.
- 6:13 Así en algunas versiones antiguas; en el T.M., éxito o sabiduría.
- 6:14 O la reverencia.
- 6:15 O arroyo.
- 6:16 Lit. se esconde.
- 6:17 O cesan.
- 6:18 O Caravanas se desvían de su curso, suben a lo desolado y perecen.
- 6:19 Lit. miraron.
- 6:20 Lit. avergonzados.
- 6:26 Lit. al.
Job 6
Good News Translation
Job 6
Good News Translation
6 1-2 If my troubles and griefs were weighed on scales,
3 they would weigh more than the sands of the sea,
so my wild words should not surprise you.
4 Almighty God has shot me with arrows,
and their poison spreads through my body.
God has lined up his terrors against me.
5 A donkey is content when eating grass,
and a cow is quiet when eating hay.
6 But who can eat flat, unsalted food?
What taste is there in the white of an egg?
7 I have no appetite for food like that,
and everything I eat makes me sick.[a]
8 Why won't God give me what I ask?
Why won't he answer my prayer?
9 If only he would go ahead and kill me!
10 If I knew he would, I would leap for joy,
no matter how great my pain.
I know that God is holy;
I have never opposed what he commands.
11 What strength do I have to keep on living?
Why go on living when I have no hope?
12 Am I made of stone? Is my body bronze?
13 I have no strength left to save myself;
there is nowhere I can turn for help.
14 In trouble[b] like this I need loyal friends—
whether I've forsaken God or not.
15 But you, my friends, you deceive me like streams
that go dry when no rain comes.
16 The streams are choked with snow and ice,
17 but in the heat they disappear,
and the stream beds lie bare and dry.
18 Caravans get lost looking for water;
they wander and die in the desert.
19 Caravans from Sheba and Tema search,
20 but their hope dies beside dry streams.
21 You are like[c] those streams to me,[d]
you see my fate and draw back in fear.
22 Have I asked you to give me a gift
or to bribe someone on my behalf
23 or to save me from some enemy or tyrant?
24 All right, teach me; tell me my faults.
I will be quiet and listen to you.
25 Honest words are convincing,
but you are talking nonsense.
26 You think I am talking nothing but wind;
then why do you answer my words of despair?
27 You would even roll dice for orphan slaves
and make yourselves rich off your closest friends!
28 Look me in the face. I won't lie.
29 You have gone far enough. Stop being unjust.
Don't condemn me. I'm in the right.
30 But you think I am lying—
you think I can't tell right from wrong.
Footnotes
- Job 6:7 Probable text sick; Hebrew unclear.
- Job 6:14 Probable text trouble; Hebrew unclear.
- Job 6:21 Probable text like; Hebrew because.
- Job 6:21 Some ancient translations and one; Hebrew manuscript to me; most Hebrew manuscripts have two different expressions: nothing in the text and to him in the margin.
Job 6
New International Version
Job 6
New International Version
Job
6 Then Job replied:
2 “If only my anguish could be weighed
and all my misery be placed on the scales!(A)
3 It would surely outweigh the sand(B) of the seas—
no wonder my words have been impetuous.(C)
4 The arrows(D) of the Almighty(E) are in me,(F)
my spirit drinks(G) in their poison;(H)
God’s terrors(I) are marshaled against me.(J)
5 Does a wild donkey(K) bray(L) when it has grass,
or an ox bellow when it has fodder?(M)
6 Is tasteless food eaten without salt,
or is there flavor in the sap of the mallow[a]?(N)
7 I refuse to touch it;
such food makes me ill.(O)
8 “Oh, that I might have my request,
that God would grant what I hope for,(P)
9 that God would be willing to crush(Q) me,
to let loose his hand and cut off my life!(R)
10 Then I would still have this consolation(S)—
my joy in unrelenting pain(T)—
that I had not denied the words(U) of the Holy One.(V)
11 “What strength do I have, that I should still hope?
What prospects, that I should be patient?(W)
12 Do I have the strength of stone?
Is my flesh bronze?(X)
13 Do I have any power to help myself,(Y)
now that success has been driven from me?
14 “Anyone who withholds kindness from a friend(Z)
forsakes the fear of the Almighty.(AA)
15 But my brothers are as undependable as intermittent streams,(AB)
as the streams that overflow
16 when darkened by thawing ice
and swollen with melting snow,(AC)
17 but that stop flowing in the dry season,
and in the heat(AD) vanish from their channels.
18 Caravans turn aside from their routes;
they go off into the wasteland and perish.
19 The caravans of Tema(AE) look for water,
the traveling merchants of Sheba(AF) look in hope.
20 They are distressed, because they had been confident;
they arrive there, only to be disappointed.(AG)
21 Now you too have proved to be of no help;
you see something dreadful and are afraid.(AH)
22 Have I ever said, ‘Give something on my behalf,
pay a ransom(AI) for me from your wealth,(AJ)
23 deliver me from the hand of the enemy,
rescue me from the clutches of the ruthless’?(AK)
24 “Teach me, and I will be quiet;(AL)
show me where I have been wrong.(AM)
25 How painful are honest words!(AN)
But what do your arguments prove?
26 Do you mean to correct what I say,
and treat my desperate words as wind?(AO)
27 You would even cast lots(AP) for the fatherless(AQ)
and barter away your friend.
Job 6
New King James Version
Job 6
New King James Version
Job: My Complaint Is Just
6 Then Job answered and said:
2 “Oh, that my grief were fully weighed,
And my calamity laid with it on the scales!
3 For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea—
Therefore my words have been rash.
4 (A)For the arrows of the Almighty are within me;
My spirit drinks in their poison;
(B)The terrors of God are arrayed (C)against me.
5 Does the (D)wild donkey bray when it has grass,
Or does the ox low over its fodder?
6 Can flavorless food be eaten without salt?
Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
7 My soul refuses to touch them;
They are as loathsome food to me.
8 “Oh, that I might have my request,
That God would grant me the thing that I long for!
9 That it would please God to crush me,
That He would loose His hand and (E)cut me off!
10 Then I would still have comfort;
Though in anguish I would exult,
He will not spare;
For (F)I have not concealed the words of (G)the Holy One.
11 “What strength do I have, that I should hope?
And what is my end, that I should prolong my life?
12 Is my strength the strength of stones?
Or is my flesh bronze?
13 Is my help not within me?
And is success driven from me?
14 “To(H) him who is [a]afflicted, kindness should be shown by his friend,
Even though he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
15 (I)My brothers have dealt deceitfully like a brook,
(J)Like the streams of the brooks that pass away,
16 Which are dark because of the ice,
And into which the snow vanishes.
17 When it is warm, they cease to flow;
When it is hot, they vanish from their place.
18 The paths of their way turn aside,
They go nowhere and perish.
19 The caravans of (K)Tema look,
The travelers of (L)Sheba hope for them.
20 They are (M)disappointed[b] because they were confident;
They come there and are confused.
21 For now (N)you are nothing,
You see terror and (O)are afraid.
22 Did I ever say, ‘Bring something to me’?
Or, ‘Offer a bribe for me from your wealth’?
23 Or, ‘Deliver me from the enemy’s hand’?
Or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of oppressors’?
24 “Teach me, and I will hold my tongue;
Cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
25 How forceful are right words!
But what does your arguing prove?
26 Do you intend to rebuke my words,
And the speeches of a desperate one, which are as wind?
27 Yes, you overwhelm the fatherless,
And you (P)undermine your friend.
28 Now therefore, be pleased to look at me;
For I would never lie to your face.
29 (Q)Yield now, let there be no injustice!
Yes, concede, my (R)righteousness [c]still stands!
30 Is there injustice on my tongue?
Cannot my [d]taste discern the unsavory?
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