Job 17

World English Bible

Reina-Valera 1909

1“My spirit is consumed. My days are extinct and the grave is ready for me.

1MI ALIENTO está corrompido, acórtanse mis días, y me está aparejado el sepulcro.

2Surely there are mockers with me. My eye dwells on their provocation.

2No hay conmigo sino escarnecedores, en cuya acrimonia se detienen mis ojos.

3“Now give a pledge. Be collateral for me with yourself. Who is there who will strike hands with me?

3Pon ahora, dame fianza para litigar contigo: ¿quién tocará ahora mi mano?

4For you have hidden their heart from understanding, therefore you will not exalt them.

4Porque á éstos has tú escondido su corazón de inteligencia: por tanto, no los ensalzarás.

5He who denounces his friends for plunder, even the eyes of his children will fail.

5El que denuncia lisonjas á sus prójimos, los ojos de sus hijos desfallezcan.

6“But he has made me a byword of the people. They spit in my face.

6El me ha puesto por parábola de pueblos, y delante de ellos he sido como tamboril.

7My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow. All my members are as a shadow.

7Y mis ojos se oscurecieron de desabrimiento, y mis pensamientos todos son como sombra.

8Upright men will be astonished at this. The innocent will stir himself up against the godless.

8Los rectos se maravillarán de esto, y el inocente se levantará contra el hipócrita.

9Yet the righteous will hold to his way. He who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.

9No obstante, proseguirá el justo su camino, y el limpio de manos aumentará la fuerza.

10But as for you all, come back. I will not find a wise man among you.

10Mas volved todos vosotros, y venid ahora, que no hallaré entre vosotros sabio.

11My days are past. My plans are broken off, as are the thoughts of my heart.

11Pasáronse mis días, fueron arrancados mis pensamientos, los designios de mi corazón.

12They change the night into day, saying ‘The light is near’ in the presence of darkness.

12Pusieron la noche por día, y la luz se acorta delante de las tinieblas.

13If I look for Sheol as my house, if I have spread my couch in the darkness,

13Si yo espero, el sepulcro es mi casa: haré mi cama en las tinieblas.

14if I have said to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ and ‘My sister,’

14A la huesa tengo dicho: Mi padre eres tú; á los gusanos: Mi madre y mi hermana.

15where then is my hope? As for my hope, who will see it?

15¿Dónde pues estará ahora mi esperanza? y mi esperanza ¿quién la verá?

16Shall it go down with me to the gates of Sheol, or descend together into the dust?”

16A los rincones de la huesa descenderán, y juntamente descansarán en el polvo.

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