Job 4:17-21
Lexham English Bible
17 ‘Can a human being be more righteous than God,
or can a man be more pure than his Maker?
18 Look, he does not trust in his servants
and he charges his angels with error.
19 How much more dwellers in clay houses,
whose foundation is in the dust?
They are crushed like a moth.
20 Between morning and evening[a] they are destroyed;
without anyone regarding it they perish forever.
21 Is not their tent cord pulled up within them?
They die, but[b] not in[c] wisdom.’
Job 4:17-21
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
17 ‘Can mortals be righteous before[a] God?
Can humans be pure before[b] their Maker?(A)
18 Even in his servants he puts no trust,
and his angels he charges with error;(B)
19 how much more those who live in houses of clay,
whose foundation is in the dust,
who are crushed like a moth.(C)
20 Between morning and evening they are destroyed;
they perish forever without any regarding it.(D)
21 Their tent cord is plucked up within them,
and they die devoid of wisdom.’(E)
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