Job 23

Reina-Valera 1909

Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)

1Y RESPONDIÓ Job, y dijo:

1Then Job answered, and said:

2Hoy también hablaré con amargura; que es más grave mi llaga que mi gemido.

2Now also my words are in bitterness, and the hand of my scourge is more grievous than my mourning.

3¡Quién me diera el saber dónde hallar á Dios! yo iría hasta su silla.

3Who will grant me that I might know and find him, and come even to his throne?

4Ordenaría juicio delante de él, y henchiría mi boca de argumentos.

4I would set judgment before him, and would fill my mouth with complaints.

5Yo sabría lo que él me respondería, y entendería lo que me dijese.

5That I might know the words that he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.

6¿Pleitearía conmigo con grandeza de fuerza? No: antes él la pondría en mí.

6I would not that he should contend with me with much strength, nor overwhelm me with the weight of his greatness.

7Allí el justo razonaría con él: y escaparía para siempre de mi juez.

7Let him propose equity against me, and let my judgment come to victory.

8He aquí yo iré al oriente, y no lo hallaré ; y al occidente, y no lo percibiré:

8But if I go to the east, he appeareth not; if to the west, I shall not understand him.

9Si al norte él obrare, yo no lo veré; al mediodía se esconderá, y no lo veré.

9If to the left hand, what shall I do? I shall not take hold on him: if I turn myself to the right hand, I shall not see him.

10Mas él conoció mi camino: probaráme, y saldré como oro.

10But he knoweth my way, and has tried me as gold that passeth through the fire:

11Mis pies tomaron su rastro; guardé su camino, y no me aparté.

11My foot hath followed his steps, I have kept his way, and have not declined from it.

12Del mandamiento de sus labios nunca me separé; guardé las palabras de su boca más que mi comida.

12I have not departed from the commandments of his lips, and the words of his mouth I have hid in my bosom.

13Empero si él se determina en una cosa, ¿quién lo apartará? Su alma deseó, é hizo.

13For he is alone, and no man can turn away his thought: and whatsoever is soul hath desired, that hath he done.

14El pues acabará lo que ha determinado de mí: y muchas cosas como estas hay en él.

14And when he shall have fulfilled his will in me, many other like things are also at hand with him.

15Por lo cual yo me espanto en su presencia: consideraré, y temerélo.

15And therefore I am troubled at his presence, and when I consider him I am made pensive with fear.

16Dios ha enervado mi corazón, y hame turbado el Omnipotente.

16God hath softened my heart, and the Almighty hath troubled me.

17¿Por qué no fuí yo cortado delante de las tinieblas, y cubrió con oscuridad mi rostro?

17For I have not perished because of the darkness that hangs over me, neither hath the mist covered my face.

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