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Jó 4 — Bíblia New American Standard Bible, 1995 | Gospelmais
21 versículos · New American Standard Bible, 1995
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1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
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1Then Eliphaz from Teman spoke up:
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2'If one ventures a word with you, will you become impatient? But who can refrain from speaking?
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2"Would you mind if I said something to you?Under the circumstances it's hard to keep quiet.
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3'Behold you have admonished many, And you have strengthened weak hands.
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3You yourself have done this plenty of times, spoken wordsthat clarify, encouraged those who were about to quit.
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4'Your words have helped the tottering to stand, And you have strengthened feeble knees.
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4Your words have put stumbling people on their feet,put fresh hope in people about to collapse.
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5'But now it has come to you, and you are impatient; It touches you, and you are dismayed.
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5But now you're the one in trouble—you're hurting!You've been hit hard and you're reeling from the blow.
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6'Is not your fear your confidence, And the integrity of your ways your hope?
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6But shouldn't your devout life give you confidence now?Shouldn't your exemplary life give you hope?
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7'Remember now, who perished being innocent? Or where were the upright destroyed?
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7"Think! Has a truly innocent person ever ended up onthe scrap heap?Do genuinely upright people ever lose out in the end?
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8'According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity And those who sow trouble harvest it.
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8It's my observation that those who plow eviland sow trouble reap evil and trouble.
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9'By the breath of God they perish, And by the blast of His anger they come to an end.
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9One breath from God and they fall apart,one blast of his anger and there's nothing left of them.
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10'The roaring of the lion and the voice of the lion, And the teeth of the young lions are broken.
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10The mighty lion, king of the beasts, roars mightily,but when he's toothless he's useless—
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11'The lion perishes for lack of prey, And the whelps of the lioness are scattered.
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11No teeth, no prey—and the cubswander off to fend for themselves.
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12'Now a word was brought to me stealthily, And my ear received a whisper of it.
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12"A word came to me in secret—a mere whisper of a word, but I heard it clearly.
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13'Amid disquieting thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falls on men,
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13It came in a scary dream one night,after I had fallen into a deep, deep sleep.
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14Dread came upon me, and trembling, And made all my bones shake.
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14Dread stared me in the face, and Terror.I was scared to death—I shook from head to foot.
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15'Then a spirit passed by my face; The hair of my flesh bristled up.
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15A spirit glided right in front of me—the hair on my head stood on end.
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16'It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance; A form before my eyes; silence, then I heard a voice:
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16I couldn't tell what it was that appeared there—a blur... and then I heard a muffled voice:
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17'Can mankind be just before God? Can a man be pure before his Maker?
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17" 'How can mere mortals be more righteous than God?How can humans be purer than their Creator?
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18'He puts no trust even in His servants; And against His angels He charges error.
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18Why, God doesn't even trust his own servants,doesn't even cheer his angels,
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19'How much more those who dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before the moth!
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19So how much less these bodies composed of mud,fragile as moths?
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20'Between morning and evening they are broken in pieces; Unobserved, they perish forever.
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20These bodies of ours are here today and gone tomorrow,and no one even notices—gone without a trace.
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21'Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, yet without wisdom.'
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21When the tent stakes are ripped up, the tent collapses—we die and are never the wiser for having lived.'