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17 “Can mortals be righteous before[a] God?
    Can human beings be pure before[b] their Maker?
18 Even in his servants he puts no trust,
    and his angels he charges with error;
19 how much more those who live in houses of clay,
    whose foundation is in the dust,
    who are crushed like a moth.
20 Between morning and evening they are destroyed;
    they perish for ever without any regarding it.
21 Their tent-cord is plucked up within them,
    and they die devoid of wisdom.”

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  1. Job 4:17 Or more than
  2. Job 4:17 Or more than

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