“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.
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 Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I know it is so of a truth: But how should man be just with God? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Yes, I know it is true. But how can mortal man be right before God? American Standard Version (1901) Of a truth I know that it is so: But how can man be just with God? Common English Bible I know for certain that this is so; and how can anyone be innocent before God? Catholic Public Domain Version Truly, I know that it is so, and that man cannot be justified compared with God. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Indeed I know it is so, and that man cannot be justified compared with God |
“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.
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.
Compared to God, no person is good.\par No human being {\cf2\super [45]} can really be pure.\par
In Gods eyes,\par even the moon is not pure and bright,\par even the stars are not pure.\par
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.
You said:\par ‘I am pure.\par I am innocent\par I did nothing wrong.\par I am not guilty!\par
Job says,\par ‘I, Job, am innocent.\par And God is not fair to me.\par
‘A person can’t be more right than God.\par Man can’t be more pure than his Maker.\par
Lord, if you really punished people\par for all of their sins,\par no person would be left alive.\par
Don’t judge me, your servant.\par Never, in all my life, could I ever be judged innocent.\par
Why? Because no person can be made right with God by following the law. The law only shows us our sin.