Job 4:17

‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God, or a man more pure than his Maker?

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?

In Context

16It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance; a form loomed before my eyes, and I heard a whispering voice:

18If God puts no trust in His servants, and He charges His angels with error,

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Cross References

Genesis 18:25Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?”

Job 9:2“Yes, I know that it is so, but how can a mortal be righteous before God?

Job 14:4Who can bring out clean from unclean? No one!

Job 25:4How then can a man be just before God? How can one born of woman be pure?

Job 35:10But no one asks, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives us songs in the night,

Psalms 143:2Do not bring Your servant into judgment, for no one alive is righteous before You.

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 →

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