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18 “Indeed, since he doesn’t trust his servants,[a]
    since he charges[b] his angels with error,
19 how much less confidence[c] does he have
    in those who dwell in houses of clay;
who were formed from a foundation in dust
    and can perish[d] like a moth?
20 They are defeated between morning and evening;
    they perish forever—and no one notices!

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Footnotes

  1. Job 4:18 Cf. Job 15:15
  2. Job 4:18 Or lay upon
  3. Job 4:19 The Heb. lacks confidence
  4. Job 4:19 Lit. can crush them

18 If God places no trust in his servants,(A)
    if he charges his angels with error,(B)
19 how much more those who live in houses of clay,(C)
    whose foundations(D) are in the dust,(E)
    who are crushed(F) more readily than a moth!(G)
20 Between dawn and dusk they are broken to pieces;
    unnoticed, they perish forever.(H)

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