Job 4:12-21 (New International Version)
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"A word1 was secretly brought to me, my ears caught a whisper2 of it.3
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Amid disquieting dreams in the night, when deep sleep falls on men,4
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fear and trembling5 seized me and made all my bones shake.6
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A spirit glided past my face, and the hair on my body stood on end.7
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It stopped, but I could not tell what it was. A form stood before my eyes, and I heard a hushed voice:8
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'Can a mortal be more righteous than God?9 Can a man be more pure than his Maker?10
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If God places no trust in his servants,11 if he charges his angels with error,12
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how much more those who live in houses of clay,13 whose foundations14 are in the dust,15 who are crushed16 more readily than a moth!17
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Between dawn and dusk they are broken to pieces; unnoticed, they perish forever.18
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Are not the cords of their tent pulled up,19 so that they die20 without wisdom?'a21
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