Job 9:2
I knowe verily that it is so: for howe should man compared vnto God, be iustified?
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?
In Context
3If I would dispute with him, hee could not answere him one thing of a thousand.
Cross References
Job 4:17Shall man be more iust then God? or shall a man be more pure then his maker?
Job 25:4And howe may a man be iustified with God? or how can he be cleane, that is borne of woman?
Job 32:2Then the wrath of Elihu the sonne of Barachel the Buzite, of the familie of Ram, was kindled: his wrath, I say, was kindled against Iob, because he iustified himselfe more then God.
Job 34:5For Iob hath saide, I am righteous, and God hath taken away my iudgement.
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 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 →