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17 It said, ‘Can a human be more right than God?
    Can a person be pure before his maker?
18 God does not trust his angels;
    he blames them for mistakes.
19 So he puts even more blame on people who live in clay houses,[a]
    whose foundations are made of dust,
    who can be crushed like a moth.

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Footnotes

  1. 4:19 clay houses This is probably talking about people’s bodies.

17 ‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God?(A)
    Can even a strong man be more pure than his Maker?(B)
18 If God places no trust in his servants,(C)
    if he charges his angels with error,(D)
19 how much more those who live in houses of clay,(E)
    whose foundations(F) are in the dust,(G)
    who are crushed(H) more readily than a moth!(I)

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