Job 9:2

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Yes, I know what you’ve said is true, but how can a person be justified before God?

Cross References

Job 4:17

‘Can a mortal be righteous before God? Can a man be more pure than his Maker? ’

Romans 3:20

For no one will be justified  in his sight by the works of the law,  because the knowledge of sin comes through the law.

Job 25:4

How can a human be justified before God? How can one born of woman be pure?

Job 34:5

For Job has declared, ‘I am righteous, yet God has deprived me of justice.

Job 33:9

‘I am pure, without transgression; I am clean and have no iniquity.

Job 32:2

Then Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite  from the family of Ram became angry. He was angry at Job because he had justified  himself rather than God.

1 Kings 8:46

When they sin against you – for there is no one who does not sin   – and you are angry with them and hand them over to the enemy, and their captors deport them to the enemy’s country   – whether distant or nearby –

Ezra 9:15

Lord God of Israel, you are righteous, for we survive as a remnant  today. Here we are before you with our guilt, though no one can stand in your presence because of this.

Job 9:1

Then Job answered:

Job 25:5

If even the moon does not shine and the stars are not pure in his sight,