Far be it from You to do such a thing—to cause the righteous to die with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked share the same fate! Far be it from You! Shall the Judge of the whole world not exercise justice?”
Job 4:17 - Tree of Life Version ‘Can a mortal be righteous before God; or a man pure before his Creator? 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? |
Far be it from You to do such a thing—to cause the righteous to die with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked share the same fate! Far be it from You! Shall the Judge of the whole world not exercise justice?”
“What is man, that he could be pure, or one born of woman, that he could be righteous?
How then can a man be righteous with God? How can one born of a woman be pure?
Did not He who made me in the womb, make him? Did not the same one form us in the womb?
for I do not know how to flatter else my Maker would quickly carry me away!
But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night,
“Do you think this is just? Do you say, ‘My righteousness is greater than God’s?’
It stood still, but I could not recognize its appearance, A form was before my eyes and I heard a murmur, a voice:
“Would you really annul My judgment? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?
Do not bring Your servant into judgment, for in Your eyes no one living is righteous.
Surely there is not a righteous person on earth who does what is good and doesn’t sin.
Righteous are You, Adonai, when I plead my case with You. Yet I speak with You about justice. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the treacherous thrive?
“The heart is deceitful above all things, and incurable—who can know it?
O the depth of the riches, both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and how incomprehensible His ways!
But by your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment is revealed.
But who in the world are you, O man, who talks back to God? Will what is formed say to the one who formed it, “Why did you make me like this?”
The four living creatures, each having six wings, were full of eyes all around and within. They do not rest day or night, chanting, “Kadosh, kadosh, kadosh Adonai Elohei-Tzva’ot, asher haya v’hoveh v’yavo! Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God of Hosts, who was and who is and who is to come!”