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Job 4:17

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17n‘Can mortal man be in the right before2 God?

Can a man be pure before his Maker?

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Footnotes

  1. 2Or more than; twice in this verse

Cross references

  1. nch. 9:2; 10:4; 25:4; 32:2

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God?

Can even a strong man be more pure than his Maker?

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“Can a mortal be righteous before God?

Can a man be more pure than his Maker?”

NLTNew Living Translation

‘Can a mortal be innocent before God?

Can anyone be pure before the Creator?’

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

‘Can a human being be more righteous than God,

or can a man be more pure than his Maker?

KJV 1900King James Version

Shall mortal man be more just than God?

Shall a man be more pure than his maker?