Job 4:17
“Shall mortall man be more iust then God? shall a man bee more pure then his maker?”
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Job 4:17 Context
15Then a spirit passed before my face: the haire of my flesh stood vp. 16It stood still, but I could not discerne the forme thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voyce, saying, 17Shall mortall man be more iust then God? shall a man bee more pure then his maker? 18Behold, hee put no trust in his seruants; and his Angels hee charged with folly: 19Howe much lesse on them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth.
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Other Translations for Job 4:17
Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
- King James Version
'Can mankind be just before God? Can a man be pure before his Maker?
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?
- American Standard Version (1901)
May a man be upright before God? or a man be clean before his Maker?
- Basic English Bible
Shall [mortal] man be more just than +God? Shall a man be purer than his Maker?
- Darby Bible
Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
- Webster's Bible
'Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?
- World English Bible
`Is mortal man than God more righteous? Than his Maker is a man cleaner?
- Youngs Literal Bible
'Shall mortal man be just before God? Shall a man be pure before his Maker?
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Job 4:17
4:17 More just - Pretend more strictly to observe the laws of justice? Shall (enosh) mortal, miserable man (so the word signifies) be thus insolent? Nay, shall geber, the strongest and most eminent man, stand in competition with God? Those that find fault with the directions of the Divine law, the dispensations of the Divine grace, or the disposal of the Divine providence, do make themselves more just and pure than God: who being their maker, is their Lord and owner: and the author of all the justice and purity that is in man.