Job 9:2
“Truly I have known that [it is] so, || But how is man righteous with God?
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?
In Context
3If he delights to strive with Him—He does not answer him one of a thousand.
Cross References
Job 4:17Is mortal man more righteous than God? Is a man cleaner than his Maker?
Job 25:4And what? Is man righteous with God? And what? Is he pure—born of a woman?
Job 32:2and the anger of Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite burns, of the family of Ram; his anger has burned against Job, because of his justifying himself more than God;
Job 34:5For Job has said, I have been righteous, || And God has turned aside my right,
Psalms 143:2And do not enter into judgment with Your servant, || For no one living is justified before You.
Matthew Henry on Job 9:2-14
Job's Reply to Bildad. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then Job answered and said, 2 I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God? 3 If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand. 4 He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered? 5 Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger. 6 Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble. 7 Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth… Read the whole commentary →