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The Book of Job, Chapter 25, Verse 5

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How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean [that is] born of a woman?
King James Version
Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.
American Standard Version
Behold, even the moon hath no brightness, And the stars are not pure in his sight:
New English Translation
If even the moon is not bright, and the stars are not pure as far as he is concerned,
World English Bible
Behold, even the moon has no brightness, and the stars are not pure in his sight;
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How much less man, [that is] a worm? and the son of man, [which is] a worm?
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But Job answered and said,
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How hast thou helped [him that is] without power? [how] savest thou the arm [that hath] no strength?
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How hast thou counselled [him that hath] no wisdom? and [how] hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?
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To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?
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Dead [things] are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.
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Hell [is] naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
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He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, [and] hangeth the earth upon nothing.
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He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
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He holdeth back the face of his throne, [and] spreadeth his cloud upon it.