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The Book of Job, Chapter 4, Verse 18

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Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
King James Version
Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:
American Standard Version
Behold, he putteth no trust in his servants; And his angels he chargeth with folly:
New English Translation
If God puts no trust in his servants and attributes folly to his angels,
World English Bible
Behold, he puts no trust in his servants. He charges his angels with error.
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How much less [in] them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation [is] in the dust, [which] are crushed before the moth?
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They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding [it].
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Doth not their excellency [which is] in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.
1
Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?
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For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
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I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
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His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither [is there] any to deliver [them].
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Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
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Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
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Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.