Job 9:2

אָמְנָם יָדַעְתִּי כִי ־ כֵן וּמַה ־ יִּצְדַּק אֱנוֹשׁ עִם ־ אֵֽל ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?

In Context

1וַיַּעַן אִיּוֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר ׃

3אִם ־ יַחְפֹּץ לָרִיב עִמּוֹ לֹֽא ־ יַעֲנֶנּוּ אַחַת מִנִּי ־ אָֽלֶף ׃

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Cross References

Job 4:17הַֽאֱנוֹשׁ מֵאֱלוֹהַ יִצְדָּק אִם מֵעֹשֵׂהוּ יִטְהַר ־ גָּֽבֶר ׃

Job 25:4וּמַה ־ יִּצְדַּק אֱנוֹשׁ עִם ־ אֵל וּמַה ־ יִּזְכֶּה יְלוּד אִשָּֽׁה ׃

Job 32:2וַיִּחַר אַף ׀ אֱלִיהוּא בֶן ־ בַּרַכְאֵל הַבּוּזִי מִמִּשְׁפַּחַת רָם בְּאִיּוֹב חָרָה אַפּוֹ עַֽל ־ צַדְּקוֹ נַפְשׁוֹ מֵאֱלֹהִֽים ׃

Job 34:5כִּֽי ־ אָמַר אִיּוֹב צָדַקְתִּי וְאֵל הֵסִיר מִשְׁפָּטִֽי ׃

Psalms 143:2וְאַל ־ תָּבוֹא בְמִשְׁפָּט אֶת ־ עַבְדֶּךָ כִּי לֹֽא ־ יִצְדַּק לְפָנֶיךָ כָל ־ חָֽי ׃

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 →

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