Job 4:17-21

New International Reader's Version

¹⁷ It said, ‘Can a human being be more right than God?
    Can even a strong man be more pure than the God who made him?
¹⁸ God doesn’t trust those who serve him.
    He even brings charges against his angels.
¹⁹ So he’ll certainly find fault with human beings.
    After all, they are made out of dust.
    They can be crushed more easily than a moth.
²⁰ Between sunrise and sunset they are broken to pieces.
    Nobody even notices. They disappear forever.
²¹ Like a tent that falls down, they get weak.
    They die because they didn’t follow God’s wisdom.’ ”