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17 ‘Shall mortal man be more just than God?
    Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?
18 Behold, he puts no trust in his servants.
    He charges his angels with error.
19 How much more, those who dwell in houses of clay,
    whose foundation is in the dust,
    who are crushed before the moth!
20 Between morning and evening they are destroyed.
    They perish forever without any regarding it.
21 Isn’t their tent cord plucked up within them?
    They die, and that without wisdom.’

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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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Footnotes

  1. 4.17 Or more righteous than
  2. 4.17 Or more pure than