Job 4:17-21

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¹⁷ It said, ‘Can a human be more right than God?
    Can a person be pure before his maker? [^Cthe implied answer is no]
¹⁸ God does not trust his ·angels [^Lservants];
    he blames ·them [^Langels] for mistakes.
¹⁹ So ·he puts even more blame on [^Lwhat about…?] people who live in clay houses [^Cphysical bodies],
    whose foundations are made of dust [Gen. 2:7],
    who can be crushed like a moth.
²⁰ Between ·dawn and sunset [^Lmorning and evening] many people are broken to pieces;
    without being noticed, they die and are gone forever.
²¹ The ropes of their tents are pulled up,
    and they die without wisdom.’