Job 9:1–2
9 Then Job answered and said:
Job 9:1–2 — The New International Version (NIV)
1 Then Job replied:
2 “Indeed, I know that this is true.
But how can mere mortals prove their innocence before God?
Job 9:1–2 — English Standard Version (ESV)
1 Then Job answered and said:
2 “Truly I know that it is so:
But how can a man be in the right before God?
Job 9:1–2 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
1 Then Job answered and said,
2 I know it is so of a truth:
But how should man be just with God?
Job 9:1–2 — New Living Translation (NLT)
1 Then Job spoke again:
2 “Yes, I know all this is true in principle.
But how can a person be declared innocent in God’s sight?
Job 9:1–2 — New Century Version (NCV)
1 Then Job answered:
2 “Yes, I know that this is true,
but how can anyone be right in the presence of God?
Job 9:1–2 — American Standard Version (ASV)
1 Then Job answered and said,
2 Of a truth I know that it is so:
But how can man be just with God?
Job 9:1–2 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
1 And Job answered and said, 2 Of a truth I know it is so; but how can man be just with •God?
Job 9:1–2 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
1 Then Job replied ⸤to his friends⸥,
2 “Yes, I know that this is true.
But how can a mortal be declared righteous to God?
Job 9:1–2 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
1 Then Job answered:
2 Yes, I know what you’ve said is true,
but how can a person be justified before God?
Job 9:1–2 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
1 Then Job answered:
2 “Indeed I know that this is so;
but how can a mortal be just before God?
Job 9:1–2 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
1 Then Job answered and said,
2 “Truly I know that it is so,
but how can a human being be just before God?
Job 9:1–2 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
1 Job replied,
2 “I’m sure that what you have said is true.
But how can human beings be right with God?
Job 9:1–2 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
1 Then Job answered,
2 “In truth I know that this is so;
But how can a man be in the right before God?