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Job 6
Traducción en lenguaje actual
Job 6
Traducción en lenguaje actual
Primera respuesta de Job
6 Job le respondió a Elifaz de la siguiente manera:
2 «¡Me gustaría que todas mis desgracias
pudieran pesarse en una balanza!
3 ¡Son tantas, que pesarían
más que toda la arena del mar!
¡No debiera sorprenderles
oírme hablar así!
4 El Dios todopoderoso me ha herido,
y eso me llena de miedo;
¡ya siento correr por mi cuerpo
el veneno de sus flechas!
5 »Con pasto en el pesebre,
no hay burro que rebuzne
ni buey que brame.
6 Con sal, toda comida es buena;
¡hasta la clara de huevo es sabrosa!
7 Pero lo que estoy sufriendo,
¡sabe peor que comida sin sal!
8 »¡Cómo quisiera que Dios
me diera lo que le pido:
9 que de una vez me aplaste,
y me deje hecho polvo!
10 »¡Jamás he desobedecido a Dios!
Éste es el consuelo que me queda
en medio de mi dolor.
11-12 »Yo no estoy hecho de piedra,
ni estoy hecho de bronce.
Ya no me quedan fuerzas
para seguir viviendo,
ni espero nada de esta vida.
13 No tengo a nadie que me ayude,
ni puedo valerme por mí mismo.
14 Si en verdad fueran mis amigos,
no me abandonarían,
aunque yo no obedeciera a Dios.
15-16 Pero ustedes, mis amigos,
cambian tanto como los ríos:
unas veces están secos,
y otras veces se desbordan.
Cuando la nieve se derrite,
corren turbios y revueltos,
17 pero en tiempos de calor y sequías
se quedan secos y dejan de correr.
18-21 »Ustedes se han portado conmigo
como lo hacen los comerciantes
de las ciudades de Temá y Sabá.
Salen con sus caravanas,
y al cruzar el desierto,
se apartan del camino
esperando encontrar los ríos.
Al no hallarlos,
se quedan confundidos y frustrados;
pierden entonces la confianza y mueren.
Lo mismo hicieron ustedes:
vieron algo espantoso y se asustaron.
22 »Yo no les pedí que vinieran,
ni tampoco les pedí dinero
23 para que me salvaran
de mis malvados enemigos.
24 Demuéstrenme en qué he fallado,
y me callaré la boca.
25 Si tuvieran razón, no me ofendería;
¡pero ustedes me acusan
y no tienen pruebas!
26 No me juzguen por mis palabras,
hablo así pues estoy desesperado,
y las palabras se las lleva el viento.
27 ¡Ustedes son capaces de todo,
hasta de vender a un huérfano
y abandonar a un amigo!
28 »Mírenme a los ojos,
y díganme si soy un mentiroso.
29 No sean injustos conmigo
y dejen de juzgarme;
reconozcan que soy inocente.
30 No les he mentido.
¿Acaso creen que no sé distinguir
entre la verdad y la mentira?
Job 6
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
Job 6
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
Job’s Reply to Eliphaz
6 Then Job answered:
2 If only my grief could be weighed
and my devastation(A) placed with it on the scales.(B)
3 For then it would outweigh the sand of the seas!
That is why my words are rash.
4 Surely the arrows of the Almighty have pierced[a] me;
my spirit drinks their poison.
God’s terrors are arrayed against me.(C)
5 Does a wild donkey bray over fresh grass
or an ox low over its fodder?
6 Is bland food eaten without salt?
Is there flavour in an egg white?[b]
7 I refuse to touch them;
they are like contaminated food.(D)
8 If only my request would be granted
and God would provide what I hope for:
9 that he would decide to crush me,
to unleash his power and cut me off!
10 It would still bring me comfort,
and I would leap for joy in unrelenting pain
that I have not denied[c] the words of the Holy One.(E)
11 What strength do I have, that I should continue to hope?
What is my future, that I should be patient?
12 Is my strength that of stone,
or my flesh made of bronze?
13 Since I cannot help myself,
the hope for success has been banished from me.
14 A despairing man should receive loyalty from his friends,[d](F)
even if he abandons the fear of the Almighty.
15 My brothers are as treacherous as a wadi,
as seasonal streams that overflow
16 and become darkened[e] because of ice,
and the snow melts into them.
17 The wadis evaporate in warm weather;
they disappear from their channels in hot weather.
18 Caravans turn away from their routes,
go up into the desert, and perish.
19 The caravans of Tema look for these streams.
The travelling merchants of Sheba hope for them.
20 They are ashamed because they had been confident of finding water.
When they arrive there, they are disappointed.(G)
21 So this is what you have now become to me.[f]
When you see something dreadful, you are afraid.
22 Have I ever said, ‘Give me something’
or ‘Pay a bribe for me from your wealth’
23 or ‘Deliver me from the enemy’s hand’
or ‘Redeem me from the hand of the ruthless’?
24 Teach me, and I will be silent.
Help me understand what I did wrong.
25 How painful honest words can be!
But what does your rebuke prove?
26 Do you think that you can disprove my words
or that a despairing man’s words are mere wind?(H)
27 No doubt you would cast lots for a fatherless child
and negotiate a price to sell your friend.(I)
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
King James Version
Job 6
King James Version
6 But Job answered and said,
2 Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
3 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.
4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
5 Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?
6 Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
7 The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.
8 Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
9 Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
10 Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.
11 What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?
12 Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?
13 Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?
14 To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;
16 Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:
17 What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
18 The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.
19 The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.
20 They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.
21 For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid.
22 Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?
23 Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?
24 Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
25 How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?
26 Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?
27 Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.
28 Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie.
29 Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.
30 Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?
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