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Job 15:14–16

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14“Can human beings really be pure?

Can mere men really be right with God?

15God doesn’t trust his holy angels.

Even the heavens aren’t pure in his sight.

16So he’ll certainly find fault with human beings.

After all, they are evil and sinful.

They drink up evil as if it were water.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

What is man, that he can be pure?

Or he who is born of a woman, that he can be righteous?

Behold, God puts no trust in his holy ones,

and the heavens are not pure in his sight;

how much less one who is abominable and corrupt,

a man who drinks injustice like water!

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“What are mortals, that they could be pure,

or those born of woman, that they could be righteous?

If God places no trust in his holy ones,

if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes,

how much less mortals, who are vile and corrupt,

who drink up evil like water!

CSBChristian Standard Bible

What is a mere human, that he should be pure,

or one born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

If God puts no trust in his holy ones

and the heavens are not pure in his sight,

how much less one who is revolting and corrupt,

who drinks injustice like water?

NLTNew Living Translation

Can any mortal be pure?

Can anyone born of a woman be just?

Look, God does not even trust the angels.

Even the heavens are not absolutely pure in his sight.

How much less pure is a corrupt and sinful person

with a thirst for wickedness!

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“What is a human being, that he can be clean,

or that one born of a woman can be righteous?

Look, he does not trust his holy ones,

and the heavens are not clean in his eyes.

How much less he who is abominable and corrupt,

a man drinking wickedness like water.

KJV 1900King James Version

What is man, that he should be clean?

And he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints;

Yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.

How much more abominable and filthy

Is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?