Job 19 – NVI & KJV

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Job 19:1-29

Sexto discurso de Job

1A esto Job respondió:

2«¿Hasta cuándo van a estar atormentándome

y aplastándome con sus palabras?

3Diez veces me hacen reproches;

descaradamente me atacan.

4Aun si fuera verdad que me he desviado,

mis errores son asunto mío.

5Si en verdad ustedes quieren exaltarse sobre mí,

y valerse de mi humillación para atacarme,

6sepan que es Dios quien me ha hecho daño,

quien me ha atrapado en su red.

7»Aunque grito: “¡Violencia!”, no hallo respuesta;

aunque pido ayuda, no se me hace justicia.

8Dios me ha cerrado el camino y no puedo pasar;

ha cubierto de oscuridad mis senderos.

9Me ha despojado de toda honra;

de la cabeza me ha quitado la corona.

10Por todos lados me destroza, como a un árbol;

me aniquila y arranca de raíz mi esperanza.

11Su enojo se ha encendido contra mí;

me cuenta entre sus enemigos.

12Sus tropas avanzan en tropel;

levantan una rampa para asediarme;

acampan alrededor de mi tienda de campaña.

13»Hizo que mis hermanos me abandonaran;

hasta mis amigos se han alejado de mí.

14Mis parientes y conocidos se distanciaron;

me echaron al olvido.

15Mis huéspedes y mis criadas me ven como a un extraño,

me miran como a un desconocido.

16Llamo a mi criado y no me responde,

aunque yo mismo se lo ruego.

17A mi esposa le da asco mi aliento;

a mis hermanos les resulto repugnante.

18Hasta los niños me desprecian;

en cuanto me ven, se burlan de mí.

19A todos mis amigos les resulto abominable;

mis seres queridos se han vuelto contra mí.

20La piel y la carne se me pegan a los huesos;

¡a duras penas he salvado el pellejo!19:20 ¡a duras … el pellejo! Lit. he escapado con la piel de mis dientes.

21»¡Compadézcanse de mí, amigos míos;

compadézcanse, que la mano de Dios me ha golpeado!

22¿Por qué me acosan como Dios?

¿No les basta con desollarme vivo?19:22 con desollarme vivo. Lit. con mi carne.

23»¡Ah, si fueran grabadas mis palabras,

si quedaran escritas en un libro!

24¡Si para siempre quedaran grabadas con cincel de hierro y plomo,

esculpidas en la roca!

25Yo sé que mi Redentor19:25 Redentor. Alt. defensor. vive

y que al final se levantará sobre el polvo.

26Y, cuando mi piel haya sido destruida,

todavía veré a Dios con mis propios ojos.19:26 con mis propios ojos. Lit. en mi carne.

27Yo mismo lo veré con mis propios ojos;

yo lo veré, no otro.

¡Este anhelo me consume las entrañas!

28»Ustedes dicen: “Vamos a acosarlo,

porque en él está la raíz del mal”.

29Pero cuídense de la espada,

pues con ella viene la ira justiciera,

para que sepan que hay un juicio».

King James Version

Job 19:1-29

1Then Job answered and said, 2How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words? 3These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me.19.3 make…: or, harden yourselves against me 4And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself. 5If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach: 6Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net. 7Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.19.7 wrong: or, violence

8He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths. 9He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head. 10He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree. 11He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies. 12His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle. 13He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me. 14My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me. 15They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight. 16I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my mouth. 17My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children’s sake of mine own body.19.17 mine…: Heb. my belly 18Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.19.18 young…: or, the wicked 19All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.19.19 my…: Heb. the men of my secret 20My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.19.20 and to: or, as to 21Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me. 22Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?

23Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!19.23 Oh…: Heb. Who will give, etc 24That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever! 25For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: 26And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:19.26 And…: or, After I shall awake, though this body be destroyed, yet out of my flesh 27Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.19.27 another: Heb. a stranger19.27 though…: or, my reins within me are consumed with earnest desire (for that day)19.27 within…: Heb. in my bosom 28But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?19.28 seeing…: or, and what root of matter is found in me? 29Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.