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Job 15:15–16

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15If God places no trust in his holy ones,q

if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes,r

16how much less mortals, who are vile and corrupt,s

who drink up evilt like water!u

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Cross references

  1. qSee Job 5:1
  2. rSee Job 4:18
  3. sSee Lev 5:2; See Job 4:19; Ps 14:1
  4. tJob 20:12
  5. uJob 12:4; 34:7; Pr 19:28

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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!

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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

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

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

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?