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14 “What is mankind, that he can be blameless?
    Or does being born of a woman mean he’ll be in the right?
15 Look, if God[a] doesn’t trust his holy ones,[b]
    if even the heavens aren’t pure as he looks at them,
16 then how much less is one who is abhorred and corrupted,
    such as a man who drinks injustice like water?”

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Footnotes

  1. Job 15:15 Lit. he
  2. Job 15:15 Cf. Job 4:18

14 “What are mortals, that they could be pure,
    or those born of woman,(A) that they could be righteous?(B)
15 If God places no trust in his holy ones,(C)
    if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes,(D)
16 how much less mortals, who are vile and corrupt,(E)
    who drink up evil(F) like water!(G)

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