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14 “What is man, that he should be without fault,
    or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?
15 If God places no trust in his holy ones[a]
    and the heavens are not pure in his sight,
16 how much less is man, who is vile and corrupt
    and drinks up iniquity like water?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 15:15 Holy ones: i.e., the angels (see Job 5:1).

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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