The voice asks Eliphaz whether a mortal can be righteous before God or whether a man can be pure before the one who made him, articulating the fundamental theological doctrine that human righteousness is relative and contingent before the absolute purity of God. The rhetorical question expects a negative answer, implying that all humans fall short of the divine standard. This principle will become the foundation for the friends' interpretation of Job's suffering.

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