Job 9:2

Bishops' Bible (1568)

I knowe it is so of a trueth: For how may a man compared vnto God be iustified?

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 4:17 : 17 Shall man be more iust then God? or shall a man be purer then his maker?
  • Job 25:4 : 4 But how may a man compared vnto God, be iustified? or how can he be cleane that is borne of a woman?
  • Rom 3:20 : 20 Because that by the deedes of the lawe, there shall no flesshe be iustified in his syght. For by the lawe, commeth the knowledge of sinne.
  • Ps 143:2 : 2 And enter not into iudgement with thy seruaunt: for in thy syght no man lyuyng can be iustified.
  • 1 Kgs 8:46 : 46 If they sinne against thee (for there is no man that sinneth not) & thou be angry with them, and delyuer them into the hand of their enemies, so that they cary them away prisoners, vnto the lande of their enemies whether farre or neare:
  • Job 14:3-4 : 3 Doest thou open thyne eyes vpon such one, and bringest me into thy iudgement? 4 Who can make it cleane that commeth of an vncleane thing? no bodye.
  • Job 32:2 : 2 But Elihu the sonne of Barachel the Buzite, of the kinred of Ram, was very sore displeased at Iob, because he called hym selfe iust before God.
  • Job 33:9 : 9 I am cleane without any fault, I am innocent, & there is no wickednesse in me.
  • Job 34:5 : 5 And why? Iob hath sayd, I am righteous, and God hath taken away my iudgement.
  • Ps 130:3 : 3 If thou O God wylt marke what is done amisse: O Lorde who can abide it?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Iob aunswered, and sayde,

  • 3 If he wil argue with hym, he can not aunswere hym one thing of a thousande.

  • 32 For he that I must geue aunswere vnto, and with whom I go to the lawe, is not a man as I am:

  • 17 Shall man be more iust then God? or shall a man be purer then his maker?

  • Job 34:5-6
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    5 And why? Iob hath sayd, I am righteous, and God hath taken away my iudgement.

    6 In my right I shoulde be a lyer: my wounde is incurable without my fault.

  • 1 But Iob aunswered, and sayde:

  • 4 But how may a man compared vnto God, be iustified? or how can he be cleane that is borne of a woman?

  • Job 33:12-13
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    12 Behold, in this hast thou not done right, I wil make aunswere vnto thee, that God is greater then man.

    13 And why doest thou then striue against him? for he shall not geue the accomptes of all his wordes.

  • Job 9:19-20
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    19 If men will speake of strength, lo he is strong: if men will speake of iudgement, who shall bring me in to pleade?

    20 If I will iustifie my selfe, myne owne mouth shall condempne me: if I will put foorth my selfe for a perfect man, he shall proue me a wicked doer.

  • Job 9:28-29
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    28 Then am I afrayde of all my sorowes, for I knowe that thou wilt not iudge me innocent.

    29 If I be wicked, why then labour I in vayne?

  • 1 Then Iob aunswered the Lord, and saide:

  • 1 Iob aunswered, and sayde:

  • Job 13:2-3
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    2 What ye knowe, that same do I know also, neither am I inferior vnto you.

    3 Neuerthelesse, I talke with the almightie, and my desire is to commune with God.

  • 4 Knowest thou not this of olde, and since God plaged man vpon earth,

  • 18 Beholde, now haue I prepared my iudgement, and knowe that I shalbe founde righteous.

  • Job 9:14-15
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    14 Howe much lesse shall I aunswere him? or howe shoulde I finde out my wordes with him?

    15 For though I were righteous, yet might I not geue him one word againe, but mekely submit my selfe to hym as my iudge.

  • 14 What is man, that he should be cleane? and he which is borne of a woman, whereby he might be righteous?

  • 1 Iob aunswered, and saide:

  • Job 40:2-3
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    2 Shall he whom the almightie wyl chasten, contend with him? Should not he which disputeth with God, geue him an aunswere?

    3 Then Iob aunswered the Lorde, saying:

  • 8 Wylt thou disanul my iudgement? or wylt thou condempne me, that thou mayst be righteous?

  • 1 Iob aunswered, & said:

  • Job 10:6-7
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    6 That thou makest such inquisition for my wickednes, and searchest out my sinne?

    7 Whereas thou knowest whether I shall do wickedly or no, and that none can deliuer me out of thyne hande.

  • 1 Iob aunswered, and saide:

  • 2 And Iob aunswered, and sayde:

  • 2 Thinkest thou it right that thou sayest, I am more righteous then God?

  • 3 Doest thou open thyne eyes vpon such one, and bringest me into thy iudgement?

  • 7 If I complaine of the violence that is done vnto me, I cannot be heard: and if I crye, there is no sentence geuen with me.

  • 1 So Iob aunswered, & saide:

  • 2 I will say vnto God: O do not condempne me, but shewe me wherefore thou contendest so with me?

  • 21 O that a body might pleate with God, as one man doth with an other:

  • 11 Lo, when he goeth by me, I shal not see hym, and when he passeth, I shall not perceaue hym.

  • 7 There the righteous might dispute with him, so shoulde I be deliuered for euer from my iudge.

  • 2 And enter not into iudgement with thy seruaunt: for in thy syght no man lyuyng can be iustified.

  • 6 Wherefore I geue myne owne selfe the blame, and take repentaunce in the dust and asshes.

  • 13 Wilt thou therfore say, Tushe, howe should God know? can he iudge through the darke cloude?

  • 14 When God will sit in iudgement, what shall I do? & when he will visite me, what aunswere shal I geue him?

  • 3 Doth God paruert the thing that is lawfull? or doth the almightie destroy the thing that is right?

  • 9 Who can say, I haue made my heart cleane, I am pure from my sinne?

  • 6 Let me be wayed in an euen balaunce, that God may see myne innocencie.

  • 9 If I go on the left side where he doth his worke, I can not attayne vnto him: Againe, if I go on the right side, he hydeth him selfe that I can not see hym.

  • 23 For God wil not lay vpon man more then he hath sinned, that he should enter into iudgement with him.

  • 4 Is it for mans sake that I make this disputation? Which if it were so, shoulde not my spirite then be in sore trouble?