Job 4:16-21

King James Version

¹⁶It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,

¹⁷Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?

¹⁸Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:

¹⁹How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?

²⁰They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.

²¹Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.

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Job 4:16-21

New International Version

¹⁶It stopped,
    but I could not tell what it was.
A form stood before my eyes,
    and I heard a hushed voice:^(A)
¹⁷‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God?^(B)
    Can even a strong man be more pure than his Maker?^(C)
¹⁸If God places no trust in his servants,^(D)
    if he charges his angels with error,^(E)
¹⁹how much more those who live in houses of clay,^(F)
    whose foundations^(G) are in the dust,^(H)
    who are crushed^(I) more readily than a moth!^(J)
²⁰Between dawn and dusk they are broken to pieces;
    unnoticed, they perish forever.^(K)
²¹Are not the cords of their tent pulled up,^(L)
    so that they die^(M) without wisdom?’^(N)