Job 12:3-13 (The Message)
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But 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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"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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It'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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Crooks 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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"But ask the animals what they think - let them teach you; let the birds tell you what's going on.
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Put your ear to the earth - learn the basics. Listen - the fish in the ocean will tell you their stories.
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Isn't it clear that they all know and agree that God is sovereign, that he holds all things in his hand -
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Every living soul, yes, every breathing creature?
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Isn't this all just common sense, as common as the sense of taste?
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Do you think the elderly have a corner on wisdom, that you have to grow old before you understand life?
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"True wisdom and real power belong to God; from him we learn how to live, and also what to live for.
Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved. (The Message Bible Online)
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