Job 23
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Reina-Valera 1909
1Then Job answered and said:
1Y RESPONDIÓ Job, y dijo:
2Even to-day is my complaint bitter; my hand is become heavy because of my groaning.
2Hoy también hablaré con amargura; que es más grave mi llaga que mi gemido.
3Oh that I knew where I might find Him, that I might come even to His seat!
3¡Quién me diera el saber dónde hallar á Dios! yo iría hasta su silla.
4I would order my cause before Him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
4Ordenaría juicio delante de él, y henchiría mi boca de argumentos.
5I would know the words which He would answer me, and understand what He would say unto me.
5Yo sabría lo que él me respondería, y entendería lo que me dijese.
6Would He contend with me in His great power? Nay; but He would give heed unto me.
6¿Pleitearía conmigo con grandeza de fuerza? No: antes él la pondría en mí.
7There the upright might reason with Him; so should I be delivered for ever from my Judge.
7Allí el justo razonaría con él: y escaparía para siempre de mi juez.
8Behold, I go forward, but He is not there, and backward, but I cannot perceive Him;
8He aquí yo iré al oriente, y no lo hallaré ; y al occidente, y no lo percibiré:
9On the left hand, when He doth work, but I cannot behold Him, He turneth Himself to the right hand, but I cannot see Him.
9Si al norte él obrare, yo no lo veré; al mediodía se esconderá, y no lo veré.
10For He knoweth the way that I take; when He hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
10Mas él conoció mi camino: probaráme, y saldré como oro.
11My foot hath held fast to His steps, His way have I kept, and turned not aside.
11Mis pies tomaron su rastro; guardé su camino, y no me aparté.
12I have not gone back from the commandment of His lips; I have treasured up the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.
12Del mandamiento de sus labios nunca me separé; guardé las palabras de su boca más que mi comida.
13But He is at one with Himself, and who can turn Him? And what His soul desireth, even that He doeth.
13Empero si él se determina en una cosa, ¿quién lo apartará? Su alma deseó, é hizo.
14For He will perform that which is appointed for me; and many such things are with Him.
14El pues acabará lo que ha determinado de mí: y muchas cosas como estas hay en él.
15Therefore am I affrighted at His presence; when I consider, I am afraid of Him.
15Por lo cual yo me espanto en su presencia: consideraré, y temerélo.
16Yea, God hath made my heart faint, and the Almighty hath affrighted me;
16Dios ha enervado mi corazón, y hame turbado el Omnipotente.
17Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither did He cover the thick darkness from my face.
17¿Por qué no fuí yo cortado delante de las tinieblas, y cubrió con oscuridad mi rostro?
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