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17 ‘Can a mortal person[a] be more righteous than God?
    Or can the purity of the valiant exceed that of his maker?’[b]

18 “Indeed, since he doesn’t trust his servants,[c]
    since he charges[d] his angels with error,
19 how much less confidence[e] does he have
    in those who dwell in houses of clay;
who were formed from a foundation in dust
    and can perish[f] like a moth?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 4:17 Lit. a man
  2. Job 4:17 The quotation possibly continues through v 21.
  3. Job 4:18 Cf. Job 15:15
  4. Job 4:18 Or lay upon
  5. Job 4:19 The Heb. lacks confidence
  6. Job 4:19 Lit. can crush them