Job 15:7-16

The Frailty of Human Wisdom

Job 15:7-16
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Were you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills?
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Do you listen in on the council of God or limit wisdom to yourself?
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What do you know that we do not? What do you understand that is not clear to us?
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Both the gray-haired and the aged are on our side— men much older than your father.
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Are the consolations of God not enough for you, even words spoken gently to you?
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Why has your heart carried you away, and why do your eyes flash,
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as you turn your spirit against God and pour such words from your mouth?
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What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?
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If God puts no trust in His holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in His eyes,
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how much less man, who is vile and corrupt, who drinks injustice like water?
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