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14 “What is a human being, that he can be clean,
or[a] that one born of a woman can be righteous?
15 Look, he does not trust his holy ones,
and the heavens are not clean in his eyes.
16 How much less[b] he who is abominable and corrupt,[c]
a man drinking wickedness like water.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 15:14 Or “and”
  2. Job 15:16 Literally “Also for,” or “Indeed for,” or “Indeed that”
  3. Job 15:16 Or “he who is corrupt”

14 Can any mortal be pure?
    Can anyone born of a woman be just?
15 Look, God does not even trust the angels.[a]
    Even the heavens are not absolutely pure in his sight.
16 How much less pure is a corrupt and sinful person
    with a thirst for wickedness!

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Footnotes

  1. 15:15 Hebrew the holy ones.

14 “What are mortals, that they could be pure,
    or those born of woman,(A) that they could be righteous?(B)
15 If God places no trust in his holy ones,(C)
    if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes,(D)
16 how much less mortals, who are vile and corrupt,(E)
    who drink up evil(F) like water!(G)

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