Parallel Verses
Amplified
‘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?
New American Standard Bible
Can a man be pure
King James Version
Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
Holman Bible
or a man more pure than his Maker?”
International Standard Version
"Can a mortal person be more righteous than God? Or can the purity of the valiant exceed that of his maker?'
A Conservative Version
Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be 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?
Bible in Basic English
May a man be upright before God? or a man be clean before his Maker?
Darby Translation
Shall mortal man be more just than +God? Shall a man be purer than his Maker?
Julia Smith Translation
Shall a man be just above God? If a man shall be pure above him making him?
King James 2000
Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
Lexham Expanded Bible
'Can a human being be more righteous than God, or can a man be more pure than his Maker?
Modern King James verseion
Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
'Shall man be more just than God? Or shall man be purer than his maker?
NET Bible
"Is a mortal man righteous before God? Or a man pure before his Creator?
New Heart English Bible
'Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?
The Emphasized Bible
Shall, mortal man, be more just than GOD? Or a man be more pure than, his Maker?
Webster
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?
Youngs Literal Translation
'Is mortal man than God more righteous? Than his Maker is a man cleaner?
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 4:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Secret Was Told To Me
16
“The spirit stood still, but I could not discern its appearance;
A form was before my eyes;
There was silence, and then I heard a voice, saying:
‘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?
‘God puts no trust or confidence, even in His [heavenly] servants,
And He charges His angels with error.
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Cross References
Job 9:2
“Yes, I know it is true.
But how can a mortal man be right before God?
Job 25:4
“How then can man be justified and righteous with God?
Or how can he who is born of a woman be pure and clean?
Genesis 18:25
Far be it from You to do
Job 8:3
“Does God pervert justice?
Or does
Job 9:30-31
“If I were to wash myself with snow
And cleanse my hands with lye,
Job 14:4
“Who can make a clean thing out of the unclean?
No one!
Job 15:14
“What is man, that he should be pure and clean,
Or he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous and just?
Job 35:2
“Do you think this is according to [your] justice?
Do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s’?
Job 35:10
“But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker,
Who gives songs [of rejoicing] in the night,
Job 40:8
“Will you really annul My judgment and set it aside as void?
Will you condemn Me [your God] that you may [appear to] be righteous and justified?
Psalm 143:2
And do not enter into judgment with Your servant,
For in Your sight no man living is righteous or justified.
Psalm 145:17
The Lord is [unwaveringly] righteous in all His ways
And gracious and kind in all His works.
Ecclesiastes 7:20
Indeed, there is not a righteous man on earth who always does good and who never sins.
Jeremiah 12:1
Yet let me discuss issues of justice with You:
Why has the way of the wicked prospered?
Why are those who deal in treachery (deceit) at ease and thriving?
Jeremiah 17:9
“The heart is deceitful above all things
And it is
Who can understand it fully and know its secret motives?
Mark 7:20-23
And He said,
Romans 2:5
But because of your callous stubbornness and unrepentant heart you are [deliberately] storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.
Romans 3:4-7
Certainly not! Let God be found true [as He will be], though every person be found a liar, just as it is written [in Scripture],
And prevail when You are judged [by sinful men].”
Romans 9:20
On the contrary, who are you, O man, who answers [arrogantly] back to God and dares to defy Him? Will the thing which is formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?”
Romans 11:33
Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and decisions and how unfathomable and untraceable are His ways!
Revelation 4:8
And the four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes all over and within [underneath their wings]; and day and night they never stop saying,