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Jó 35 — Bíblia The Message, 2002 | Gospelmais
16 versículos · The Message, 2002
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1Elihu lit into Job again:
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1Then Elihu continued and said,
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2"Does this kind of thing make any sense?First you say, 'I'm perfectly innocent before God.'
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2'Do you think this is according to justice? Do you say, 'My righteousness is more than God's '?
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3And then you say, 'It doesn't make a bit of differencewhether I've sinned or not.'
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3'For you say, 'What advantage will it be to You? What profit will I have, more than if I had sinned?'
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4"Well, I'm going to show youthat you don't know what you're talking about,neither you nor your friends.
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4'I will answer you, And your friends with you.
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5Look up at the sky. Take a long hard look.See those clouds towering above you?
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5'Look at the heavens and see; And behold the clouds-- they are higher than you.
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6If you sin, what difference could that make to God?No matter how much you sin, will it matter to him?
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6'If you have sinned, what do you accomplish against Him? And if your transgressions are many, what do you do to Him?
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7Even if you're good, what would God get out of that?Do you think he's dependent on your accomplishments?
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7'If you are righteous, what do you give to Him, Or what does He receive from your hand?
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8The only ones who care whether you're good or badare your family and friends and neighbors.God's not dependent on your behavior.
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8'Your wickedness is for a man like yourself, And your righteousness is for a son of man.
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9"When times get bad, people cry out for help.They cry for relief from being kicked around,
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9'Because of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; They cry for help because of the arm of the mighty.
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10But never give God a thought when things go well,when God puts spontaneous songs in their hearts,
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10'But no one says, 'Where is God my Maker, Who gives songs in the night,
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11When God sets out the entire creation as a science classroom,using birds and beasts to teach wisdom.
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11Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth And makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?'
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12People are arrogantly indifferent to God—until, of course, they're in trouble,and then God is indifferent to them.
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12'There they cry out, but He does not answer Because of the pride of evil men.
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13There's nothing behind such prayers except panic;the Almighty pays them no mind.
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13'Surely God will not listen to an empty , Nor will the Almighty regard it.
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14So why would he notice youjust because you say you're tired of waiting to be heard,
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14'How much less when you say you do not behold Him, The case is before Him, and you must wait for Him!
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15Or waiting for him to get good and angryand do something about the world's problems?
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15'And now, because He has not visited His anger, Nor has He acknowledged transgression well,
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16"Job, you talk sheer nonsense—nonstop nonsense!"
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16So Job opens his mouth emptily; He multiplies words without knowledge.'