Job 4:16-18

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

¹⁶ It stood still,
    but I could not discern its appearance.
A form was before my eyes;
    there was silence, then I heard a voice:
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;