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Job 4:17
‘Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?
Job 4:17 · World English Bible
Job 4:17 in other translations
Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God, or a man more pure than his Maker?
'Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?
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In context
14 fear came on me, and trembling, which made all my bones shake.
15 Then a spirit passed before my face. The hair of my flesh stood up.
16 It stood still, but I couldn’t discern its appearance. A form was before my eyes. Silence, then I heard a voice, saying,
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.
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