That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked, that so the righteous should be as the wicked; that be far from thee: shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
Job 4:17 - Revised Version 1885 Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his maker? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Can mortal man be just before God, or be more right than He is? Can a man be pure before his Maker, or be more cleansed than He is? [I John 1:7; Rev. 1:5.] American Standard Version (1901) Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker? Common English Bible “Can a human be more righteous than God, a person purer than their maker?” Catholic Public Domain Version Should man be justified in relation to God, or will a man be more pure than his Maker? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Shall man be justified in comparison of God; or shall a man be more pure than his maker? |
That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked, that so the righteous should be as the wicked; that be far from thee: shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
What is man, that he should be clean? And he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
How then can man be just with God? Or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?
Did not he that made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb?
For I know not to give flattering titles; Else would my Maker soon take me away.
But none saith, Where is God my Maker, Who giveth songs in the night;
Thinkest thou this to be thy right, Or sayest thou, My righteousness is more than God's,
I will fetch my knowledge from afar, And will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
It stood still, but I could not discern the appearance thereof; A form was before mine eyes: There was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,
Wilt thou even disannul my judgement? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified?
And enter not into judgement with thy servant; For in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
The LORD is righteous in all his ways, And gracious in all his works.
Surely there is not a righteous man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet would I reason the cause with thee: wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they at ease that deal very treacherously?
The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is desperately sick: who can know it?
O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgements, and his ways past tracing out!
but after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up for thyself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgement of God;
Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why didst thou make me thus?
And the four living creatures, having each one of them six wings, are full of eyes round about and within: and they have no rest day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God, the Almighty, which was and which is and which is to come.