Job 4:17

“Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall man be more pure than his Maker?

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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 its form I could not discern; An image was before mine eyes; There was silence, and I heard a voice:

18Behold, he putteth no trust in his ministering spirits, And his angels he chargeth with frailty.

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Cross References

Job 9:2Of a truth, I know that it is so: For how can man be just before God?

Job 14:4Who can produce a clean thing from an unclean? Not one.

Job 25:4How then can man be righteous before? Or how can he be pure that is born of woman?

Job 35:10But none saith, “Where is God, my Maker, Who giveth songs in the night;

Psalms 143:2Enter not into judgment with thy servant; For before thee no man living is righteous.

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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