Job 4:17
Should man be justified in relation to God, or will a man be more pure than his Maker?
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
In Context
18Behold, those who serve him are not steadfast, and in his angels he finds imperfection.
Cross References
Genesis 18:25Far be it from you to do this thing, and to kill the just with the impious, and for the just to be treated like the impious. No, this is not like you. You judge all the earth; you would never make such a judgment.”
Job 9:2Truly, I know that it is so, and that man cannot be justified compared with God.
Job 14:4Who can make him clean who is conceived of unclean seed? Are you not the only one who can?
Job 25:4Is it right for man to compare himself to God, or to appear pure though he is born of woman?
Job 35:10Yet he has not said: “Where is God, who made me, who has given songs in the night,
Psalms 143:2My mercy and my refuge, my supporter and my deliverer, my protector and him in whom I have hoped: he subdues my people under me.
Matthew Henry on Job 4:13-21
12 Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof. 13 In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, 14 Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. 15 Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up: 16 It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying, 17 Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his… Read the whole commentary →