Job 9:2

Easy To Read Version

“Yes, I know what you say is true.\par But how can a man win an argument with God?\par

Cross References

1 Kings 8:46

“Your people will sin against you. I know this because every person sins. And you will be angry with your people. You will let their enemies defeat them. Their enemies will make them prisoners and carry them to some faraway land.

Ezra 9:15

Lord, God of Israel, you are good! And you still have let some of us live. Yes, we are guilty! And because of our guilt, not one of us should be allowed to stand in front of you.

Job 25:4

Compared to God, no person is good.\par No human being {\cf2\super [45]} can really be pure.\par

Job 25:5

In Gods eyes,\par even the moon is not pure and bright,\par even the stars are not pure.\par

Job 32:2

But there was a young man there named Elihu son of Barakel. Barakel was a descendant {\cf2\super [69]} of a man named Buz. Elihu was from the family of Ram. Elihu became very angry with Job. Why? Because Job was saying that he himself was right. Job was saying that he was more fair than God.

Job 33:9

You said:\par ‘I am pure.\par I am innocent\par I did nothing wrong.\par I am not guilty!\par

Job 34:5

Job says,\par ‘I, Job, am innocent.\par And God is not fair to me.\par

Job 4:17

‘A person can’t be more right than God.\par Man can’t be more pure than his Maker.\par

Job 9:1

Then Job answered:

Psalm 130:3

Lord, if you really punished people\par for all of their sins,\par no person would be left alive.\par

Psalm 143:2

Don’t judge me, your servant.\par Never, in all my life, could I ever be judged innocent.\par

Romans 3:20

Why? Because no person can be made right with God by following the law. The law only shows us our sin.