16 Then stood one, and I knew not his face: an image was before mine eyes, and in [a]silence heard I a voice, saying,

17 Shall man be more [b]just than God? or shall a man be more pure than his Maker?

18 Behold, he found no steadfastness in his servants, and laid folly upon his [c]Angels.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 4:16 When all things were quiet, or when the fear was somewhat assuaged, as God appeared to Elijah, 1 Kings 19:12.
  2. Job 4:17 He proveth that if God did punish the innocent, the creature should be more just than the Creator, which were a blasphemy.
  3. Job 4:18 If God find imperfection in his Angels, when they are not maintained by his power, how much more shall he lay folly to man’s charge when he would justify himself against God?

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