Job 4:17

Shall man be more iust then God? or shall a man be more pure then his maker?

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16Then stoode one, and I knewe not his face: an image was before mine eyes, and in silence heard I a voyce, saying,

18Beholde, he founde no stedfastnesse in his Seruants, and laid follie vpon his Angels.

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Cross References

Genesis 18:25Be it farre from thee from doing this thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be euen as the wicked, be it farre from thee. shall not the Iudge of all the worlde doe right?

Job 9:2I knowe verily that it is so: for howe should man compared vnto God, be iustified?

Job 14:4Who can bring a cleane thing out of filthinesse? there is not one.

Job 25:4And howe may a man be iustified with God? or how can he be cleane, that is borne of woman?

Job 35:10But none saieth, Where is God that made me, which giueth songs in the nyght?

Psalms 143:2(And enter not into iudgement with thy seruant: for in thy sight shall none that liueth, be iustified)

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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