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Jó 12 — Bíblia The Message, 2002 | Gospelmais
25 versículos · The Message, 2002
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1Job answered:
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1Then Job answered and said:
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2"I'm sure you speak for all the experts,and when you die there'll be no one left to tell us how to live.
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2No doubt you are the peoplewith whom wisdom shall die!
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3But don't forget that I also have a brain—I don't intend to play second fiddle to you.It doesn't take an expert to know these things.
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3But I have intelligence as well as you; I do not fall short of you;for who does not know such things as these?
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4"I'm ridiculed by my friends:'So that's the man who had conversations with God!'Ridiculed without mercy:'Look at the man who never did wrong!'
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4I have become the sport of my neighbors: "The one whom God answers when he calls upon him,The just, the perfect man," is a laughingstock;
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5It's easy for the well-to-do to point their fingers in blame,for the well-fixed to pour scorn on the strugglers.
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5The undisturbed esteem my downfall a disgracesuch as awaits unsteady feet;
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6Crooks reside safely in high-security houses,insolent blasphemers live in luxury;they've bought and paid for a god who'll protect them.
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6Yet the tents of robbers are prosperous,and those who provoke God are secure,whom God has in his power.
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7"But ask the animals what they think—let them teach you;let the birds tell you what's going on.
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7But now ask the beasts to teach you,the birds of the air to tell you;
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8Put your ear to the earth—learn the basics.Listen—the fish in the ocean will tell you their stories.
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8Or speak to the earth to instruct you,and the fish of the sea to inform you.
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9Isn't it clear that they all know and agreethat God is sovereign, that he holds all things in his hand—
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9Which of all these does not knowthat the hand of God has done this?
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10Every living soul, yes,every breathing creature?
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10In his hand is the soul of every living thing, and the life breath of all mortal flesh.
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11Isn't this all just common sense,as common as the sense of taste?
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11Does not the ear judge wordsas the mouth tastes food?
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12Do you think the elderly have a corner on wisdom,that you have to grow old before you understand life?
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12So with old age is wisdom, and with length of days understanding.
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13"True wisdom and real power belong to God;from him we learn how to live,and also what to live for.
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13With him are wisdom and might;his are counsel and understanding.
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14If he tears something down, it's down for good;if he locks people up, they're locked up for good.
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14If he knocks a thing down, there is no rebuilding; if he imprisons, there is no release.
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15If he holds back the rain, there's a drought;if he lets it loose, there's a flood.
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15He holds back the waters and there is drought; he sends them forth and they overwhelm the land.
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16Strength and success belong to God;both deceived and deceiver must answer to him.
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16With him are strength and prudence;the misled and the misleaders are his.
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17He strips experts of their vaunted credentials,exposes judges as witless fools.
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17He sends counselors away barefoot,makes fools of judges.
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18He divests kings of their royal garments,then ties a rag around their waists.
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18He loosens the belt of kings,ties a waistcloth on their loins.
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19He strips priests of their robes,and fires high officials from their jobs.
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19He sends priests away barefoot,leads the powerful astray.
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20He forces trusted sages to keep silence,deprives elders of their good sense and wisdom.
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20He silences the trusted adviser,takes discretion from the elders.
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21He dumps contempt on famous people,disarms the strong and mighty.
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21He pours shame on nobles, the waistband of the strong he loosens.
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22He shines a spotlight into caves of darkness,hauls deepest darkness into the noonday sun.
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22He uncovers deep things from the darkness,brings the gloom into the light.
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23He makes nations rise and then fall,builds up some and abandons others.
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23He makes nations great and destroys them,spreads peoples abroad and abandons them.
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24He robs world leaders of their reason,and sends them off into no man's land.
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24He takes understanding from the leaders of the land,makes them wander in a pathless desert.
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25They grope in the dark without a clue,lurching and staggering like drunks.
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25They grope in the darkness without light;he makes them wander like drunkards.