Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Can a mortal be more righteous than God? Can even a strong man be more pure than his Maker? New Living Translation ‘Can a mortal be innocent before God? Can anyone be pure before the Creator?’ English Standard Version ‘Can mortal man be in the right before God? Can a man be pure before his Maker? Berean Standard Bible ‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God, or a man more pure than his Maker? King James Bible Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker? New King James Version ‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God? Can a man be more pure than his Maker? New American Standard Bible ‘Can mankind be righteous before God? Can a man be pure before his Maker? NASB 1995 ‘Can mankind be just before God? Can a man be pure before his Maker? NASB 1977 ‘Can mankind be just before God? Can a man be pure before his Maker? Legacy Standard Bible ‘Can mankind be right before God? Can a man be pure before his Maker? Amplified Bible ‘Can [mortal] man be just before God or be more righteous than He? Can a man be pure before his Maker or be more cleansed than He? Christian Standard Bible “Can a mortal be righteous before God? Can a man be more pure than his Maker? ” Holman Christian Standard Bible “Can a person be more righteous than God, or a man more pure than his Maker?” American Standard Version Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker? Aramaic Bible in Plain English Will man be declared more just than God, or is a man purer than his Maker? Brenton Septuagint Translation What, shall a mortal be pure before the Lord? or a man be blameless in regard to his works? Contemporary English Version "No humans are innocent in the eyes of God their Creator. Douay-Rheims Bible Shall man be justified in comparison of God, or shall a man be more pure than his maker? English Revised Version Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his Maker? GOD'S WORD® Translation 'Can [any] mortal be righteous to God? Can [any] human being be pure to his maker?' Good News Translation "Can anyone be righteous in the sight of God or be pure before his Creator? International Standard Version Can a mortal person be more righteous than God? Or can the purity of the valiant exceed that of his maker?' JPS Tanakh 1917 Shall mortal man be just before God? Shall a man be pure before his Maker? Literal Standard Version Is mortal man more righteous than God? Is a man cleaner than his Maker? Majority Standard Bible ‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God, or a man more pure than his Maker? New American Bible “Can anyone be more in the right than God? Can mortals be more blameless than their Maker? NET Bible "Is a mortal man righteous before God? Or a man pure before his Creator? New Revised Standard Version ‘Can mortals be righteous before God? Can human beings be pure before their Maker? New Heart English Bible 'Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker? Webster's Bible Translation Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker? World English Bible ‘Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker? Young's Literal Translation 'Is mortal man than God more righteous? Than his Maker is a man cleaner? Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Eliphaz: The Innocent Prosper…16It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance; a form loomed before my eyes, and I heard a whispering voice: 17‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God, or a man more pure than his Maker? 18If God puts no trust in His servants, and He charges His angels with error,… Cross References Job 4:16 It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance; a form loomed before my eyes, and I heard a whispering voice: Job 9:2 "Yes, I know that it is so, but how can a mortal be righteous before God? Job 25:4 How then can a man be just before God? How can one born of woman be pure? Job 31:15 Did not He who made me in the womb also make them? Did not the same One form us in the womb? Job 32:22 For I do not know how to flatter, or my Maker would remove me in an instant. Job 35:10 But no one asks, 'Where is God my Maker, who gives us songs in the night, Job 36:3 I get my knowledge from afar, and I will ascribe justice to my Maker. Treasury of Scripture Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker? Shall mortal. Job 8:3 Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice? Job 9:2 I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God? Job 35:2 Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's? shall a man. Job 9:30,31 If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean; … Job 14:4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one. Job 15:14 What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous? Jump to Previous Clean Maker Mankind Mortal Pure Righteous UprightJump to Next Clean Maker Mankind Mortal Pure Righteous UprightJob 4 1. Eliphaz reproves Job that the innocent do not suffer7. He teaches God's judgments to be not for the righteous, but for the wicked. 12. His fearful vision to humble the excellency of creatures before God. (17) Shall mortal man be more just than God?--This is the burden, or refrain, upon which the friends of Job are for ever harping. It is perfectly orthodox, but at the same time perfectly inadequate to deal with the necessities of Job's case. He is willing to admit that it is impossible for any man to be just with God; but then arises Job's dilemma, Where is God's justice if He punishes the innocent as the guilty? The word rendered "mortal" man is really weak, frail man, involving, it may be, the idea of mortality, but not immediately suggesting it. As far as mortality implies sin, the notion of being just is absurd; and even a strong man--such is the antithesis--cannot be more pure than He that made him, who, it is assumed, must be both strong and righteous.Verse 17. - Shall mortal man be more just than God? Is it to be supposed that the ways of God can be rightly criticized and condemned by man? Surely not; for then man must be more penetrated with the spirit of justice than the Almighty. If our thoughts are not as God's thoughts, it must be, our thoughts that are wrong. Shall a man be more pure than his Maker? Equally impossible. God alone is absolutely pure. The best man must be conscious to himself, as Isaiah was (Isaiah 6:5), of uncleanness. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew ‘Can a [mortal]הַֽ֭אֱנוֹשׁ (ha·’ĕ·nō·wōš) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person be more righteous יִצְדָּ֑ק (yiṣ·dāq) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6663: To be just or righteous than God, מֵאֱל֣וֹהַ (mê·’ĕ·lō·w·ha) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 433: God -- a deity, the Deity or אִ֥ם (’im) Conjunction Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not a man גָּֽבֶר׃ (gā·ḇer) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1397: A valiant man, warrior, a person simply more pure יִטְהַר־ (yiṭ·har-) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 2891: To be clean or pure than his Maker? מֵ֝עֹשֵׂ֗הוּ (mê·‘ō·śê·hū) Preposition-m | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 6213: To do, make Links Job 4:17 NIVJob 4:17 NLT Job 4:17 ESV Job 4:17 NASB Job 4:17 KJV Job 4:17 BibleApps.com Job 4:17 Biblia Paralela Job 4:17 Chinese Bible Job 4:17 French Bible Job 4:17 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 4:17 Shall mortal man be more just than (Jb) |
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