Job 4:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

May a man be upright before God? or a man be clean before his Maker?

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 9:2 : 2 Truly, I see that it is so: and how is it possible for a man to get his right before God?
  • Job 25:4 : 4 How then is it possible for man to be upright before God? or how may he be clean who is a son of woman?
  • Ps 143:2 : 2 Let not your servant come before you to be judged; for no man living is upright in your eyes.
  • Ps 145:17 : 17 The Lord is upright in all his ways, and kind in all his works.
  • Eccl 7:20 : 20 There is no man on earth of such righteousness that he does good and is free from sin all his days.
  • Jer 12:1 : 1 You are in the right, O Lord, when I put my cause before you: still let me take up with you the question of your decisions: why does the evil-doer do well? why are the workers of deceit living in comfort?
  • Jer 17:9 : 9 The heart is a twisted thing, not to be searched out by man: who is able to have knowledge of it?
  • Mark 7:20-23 : 20 And he said, That which comes out of the man, that makes the man unclean. 21 Because from inside, from the heart of men, come evil thoughts and unclean pleasures, 22 The taking of goods and of life, broken faith between husband and wife, the desire of wealth, wrongdoing, deceit, sins of the flesh, an evil eye, angry words, pride, foolish acts: 23 All these evil things come from inside, and make the man unclean.
  • Rom 2:5 : 5 But by your hard and unchanged heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of the revelation of God's judging in righteousness;
  • Rom 3:4-7 : 4 In no way: but let God be true, though every man is seen to be untrue; as it is said in the Writings, That your words may be seen to be true, and you may be seen to be right when you are judged. 5 But if the righteousness of God is supported by our wrongdoing what is to be said? is it wrong for God to be angry (as men may say)? 6 In no way: because if it is so, how is God able to be the judge of all the world? 7 But if, because I am untrue, God being seen to be true gets more glory, why am I to be judged as a sinner?
  • Rom 9:20 : 20 But, O man, who are you, to make answer against God? May the thing which is made say to him who made it, Why did you make me so?
  • Rom 11:33 : 33 O how deep is the wealth of the wisdom and knowledge of God! no one is able to make discovery of his decisions, and his ways may not be searched out.
  • Rev 4:8 : 8 And the four beasts, having every one of them six wings, are full of eyes round about and inside: and without resting day and night, they say, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God, Ruler of all, who was and is and is to come.
  • Job 35:2 : 2 Does it seem to you to be right, and righteousness before God, to say,
  • Job 35:10 : 10 But no one has said, Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night;
  • Job 40:8 : 8 Let them be covered together in the dust; let their faces be dark in the secret place of the underworld.
  • Job 9:30-31 : 30 If I am washed with snow water, and make my hands clean with soap; 31 Then you will have me pushed into the dust, so that I will seem disgusting to my very clothing.
  • Job 14:4 : 4 If only a clean thing might come out of an unclean! But it is not possible.
  • Job 15:14 : 14 What is man, that he may be clean? and how may the son of woman be upright?
  • Gen 18:25 : 25 Let such a thing be far from you, to put the upright to death with the sinner: will not the judge of all the earth do right?
  • Job 8:3 : 3 Does God give wrong decisions? or is the Ruler of all not upright in his judging?

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    13 So that you are turning your spirit against God, and letting such words go out of your mouth?

    14 What is man, that he may be clean? and how may the son of woman be upright?

    15 Truly, he puts no faith in his holy ones, and the heavens are not clean in his eyes;

    16 How much less one who is disgusting and unclean, a man who takes in evil like water!

  • Job 25:4
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    4 How then is it possible for man to be upright before God? or how may he be clean who is a son of woman?

  • Job 40:8-9
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    8 Let them be covered together in the dust; let their faces be dark in the secret place of the underworld.

    9 Then I will give praise to you, saying that your right hand is able to give you salvation.

  • Job 7:17
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    17 What is man, that you have made him great, and that your attention is fixed on him,

  • Job 33:12-13
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    12 Truly, in saying this you are wrong; for God is greater than man.

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  • Job 4:16
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    16 Something was present before me, but I was not able to see it clearly; there was a form before my eyes: a quiet voice came to my ears, saying:

  • Job 14:3-4
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    3 Is it on such a one as this that your eyes are fixed, with the purpose of judging him?

    4 If only a clean thing might come out of an unclean! But it is not possible.

  • Hab 1:12-13
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    12 Are you not eternal, O Lord my God, my Holy One? for you there is no death. O Lord, he has been ordered by you for our punishment; and by you, O Rock, he has been marked out to put us right.

    13 Before your holy eyes sin may not be seen, and you are unable to put up with wrong; why, then, are your eyes on the false? why do you say nothing when the evil-doer puts an end to one who is more upright than himself?

  • Job 8:3
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    3 Does God give wrong decisions? or is the Ruler of all not upright in his judging?

  • Job 35:2-3
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    2 Does it seem to you to be right, and righteousness before God, to say,

    3 What profit is it to me, and how am I better off than if I had done wrong?

  • Job 9:2
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    2 Truly, I see that it is so: and how is it possible for a man to get his right before God?

  • Job 34:23
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    23 For he does not give man a fixed time to come before him to be judged.

  • Rom 9:20
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    20 But, O man, who are you, to make answer against God? May the thing which is made say to him who made it, Why did you make me so?

  • Job 4:18
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    18 Truly, he puts no faith in his servants, and he sees error in his angels;

  • Job 11:4
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    4 You may say, My way is clean, and I am free from sin in your eyes.

  • Job 36:23
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    23 Who ever gave orders to him, or said to him, You have done wrong?

  • Job 10:3-4
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    3 What profit is it to you to be cruel, to give up the work of your hands, looking kindly on the design of evil-doers?

    4 Have you eyes of flesh, or do you see as man sees?

  • Job 22:3-4
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    3 Is it of any interest to the Ruler of all that you are upright? or is it of use to him that your ways are without sin?

    4 Is it because you give him honour that he is sending punishment on you and is judging you?

  • Job 31:2
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    2 For what is God's reward from on high, or the heritage given by the Ruler of all from heaven?

  • Job 34:17
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    17 How may a hater of right be a ruler? and will you say that the upright Ruler of all is evil?

  • Job 9:32
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    32 For he is not a man as I am, that I might give him an answer, that we might come together before a judge.

  • Ps 144:3
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    3 Lord, what is man, that you keep him in mind? or the son of man that you take him into account?

  • Job 21:4
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    4 As for me, is my outcry against man? is it then to be wondered at if my spirit is troubled?

  • Ps 143:2
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    2 Let not your servant come before you to be judged; for no man living is upright in your eyes.

  • Job 31:14
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    14 What then will I do when God comes as my judge? and what answer may I give to his questions?

  • Job 34:10
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    10 Now then, you wise, take note; you men of knowledge, give ear to me. Let it be far from God to do evil, and from the Ruler of all to do wrong.

  • Job 11:7
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    7 Are you able to take God's measure, to make discovery of the limits of the Ruler of all?

  • Job 21:22
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    22 Is anyone able to give teaching to God? for he is the judge of those who are on high.

  • Job 4:7
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    7 Have you ever seen destruction come to an upright man? or when were the god-fearing ever cut off?

  • Job 18:3
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    3 Why do we seem as beasts in your eyes, and as completely without knowledge?

  • Ezek 18:5
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    5 But if a man is upright, living rightly and doing righteousness,

  • Job 34:12-13
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    12 Truly, God does not do evil, and the Ruler of all is not a false judge.

    13 Who put the earth into his care, or made him responsible for the world?

  • Job 13:7-8
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    7 Will you say in God's name what is not right, and put false words into his mouth?

    8 Will you have respect for God's person in this cause, and put yourselves forward as his supporters?

  • Prov 20:9
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    9 Who is able to say, I have made my heart clean, I am free from my sin?

  • Isa 40:18
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    18 Whom then is God like, in your opinion? or what will you put forward as a comparison with him?

  • Job 40:2
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    2 Get your strength together like a man of war: I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.

  • Jer 16:20
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    20 Will a man make for himself gods which are no gods?

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    7 There an upright man might put his cause before him; and I would be free for ever from my judge.