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Job 9:2

JusticePride

1 Then Job answered and said,

I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?

3 If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.

4 He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?

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Compare

BSB
“Yes, I know that it is so, but how can a mortal be righteous before God?
KJV
I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?
WEB
“Truly I know that it is so, but how can man be just with God?
ASV
Of a truth I know that it is so: But how can man be just with God?
DARBY
Of a truth I know it is so; but how can man be just with God?
BLB
“Truly I know that [it is] so. But how can a man be righteous with God?
ÅB
Ja visst, jeg vet at det er så; hvordan skulle en mann kunne ha rett mot Gud?
OTB
"Sannelig, jeg vet at det er slik;
men hvordan kan et menneske bli rettferdig for Gud?
B1930
Ja visst, jeg vet at det er så; hvorledes skulde en mann kunne ha rett mot Gud?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Job 4:17

    Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?

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  • Romans 3:20

    Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

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  • Psalms 143:2

    And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.

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  • Job 25:4

    How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?

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  • 1 Kings 8:46

    If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near;

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  • Job 14:3–4

    And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?

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  • Job 34:5

    For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.

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  • Job 32:2

    Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.

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