A moment in scripture
Job 4:17
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Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
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The surrounding passage
- Job 4:15
Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:
- Job 4:16
It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,
- Job 4:18
Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:
- Job 4:19
How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.