Holy Scripture
Job 4:17
A church father on this verse
“And do not think, Eliphaz says, that I am speaking these words to you reproachfully. No person, in fact, is totally blameless, and if he can hide his sins from people, he does not hide them from God's all-seeing eye that knows everything accurately. This indicates what is contrary to the Lord.”
Source: Septuagint
Original
17What, shall a mortal be pure before the Lord? Or a man be blameless in regard to his works?
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15And a spirit came before my face; And my hair and flesh quivered.
16I arose and perceived it not: I looked, and there was no form before my eyes: But I only heard a breath and a voice, saying,
— Job 4:17 —
18Whereas he trusts not in his servants, And perceives perverseness in his angels.
19But as for them that dwell in houses of clay, Of whom we also are formed of the same clay, He smites them like a moth.