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Job 9:2
Job 9:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?
- New International Version (NIV)“Indeed, I know that this is true. But how can mere mortals prove their innocence before God?
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Truly I know that it is so: But how can a man be in the right before God?
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Truly I know it is so, But how can a man be righteous before God?
Context of Job 9:2
1And Job answered and said, Of a truth I know it is so; but how can man be just with God? 3If he shall choose to strive with him, he cannot answer him one thing of a thousand. 4He is wise in heart and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and had peace?
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אָ֭מְנָם יָדַ֣עְתִּי כִי־כֵ֑ן וּמַה־יִּצְדַּ֖ק אֱנ֣וֹשׁ עִם־אֵֽל׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 9:2
- Job 4:17Shall [mortal] man be more just than God? Shall a man be purer than his Maker?
- Job 14:3Yet dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?
- Job 25:4And how should man be just with God? Or how should he be clean that is born of a woman?
- Job 32:2Then was kindled the anger of Elihu the son of Barachel, the Buzite, of the family of Ram: against Job was his anger kindled, because he justified himself rather than God;
- Job 33:9I am clean without transgression; I am pure, and there is no iniquity in me;
- Job 34:5For Job hath said, I am righteous, and God hath taken away my judgment:
- 1 Kings 8:46If they have sinned against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and give them up to the enemy, and they have carried them away captives unto the enemy's land, far or near;
- Psalms 130:3If thou, Jah, shouldest mark iniquities, Lord, who shall stand?
- Psalms 143:2And enter not into judgment with thy servant; for in thy sight no man living shall be justified.
- Romans 3:20Wherefore by works of law no flesh shall be justified before him; for by law [is] knowledge of sin.
Commentaries on Job 9:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2I know it is so of a truth - I acknowledge the general truth of the maxims you have advanced. God will not ultimately punish a righteous person, nor shall the wicked finally triumph; and though righteous before man, and truly sincere in my piety, yet I know, when compared with the immaculate holiness of God, all my righteousness is nothing.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2I know it is so of a truth - Job here refers, undoubtedly, to something that had been said before; but whether it is to the general strain of remark, or to some particular expression, may be doubted. Rosenmuller supposes that he refers to what was said by Eliphaz in Job 4:17; but it seems more probable that it is to the general position which had been laid down and defended, that God was just and holy, and that his proceedings were marked with equity. Job…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-35Job answered Bildad by describing God's universal and legal power. His speech resembles a complex legal case. It includes: A summons and response (9:3, 14–16, 19b, 32). The risk of proving himself guilty (9:20). A "mediator" (9:33–34). A question of accusation (9:12). A legal sentence (9:22). A declaration of guilt (9:28–30).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-35FIRST SERIES. 2. I know it is so of a truth--that God does not "pervert justice" (Job 8:3). But (even though I be sure of being in the right) how can a mere man assert his right--(be just) with God. The Gospel answers (Ro 3:26).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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