Parallel Verses

Modern King James verseion

Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?

New American Standard Bible

‘Can mankind be just before God?
Can a man be pure before his Maker?

King James Version

Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?

Holman Bible

“Can a person be more righteous than God,
or a man more pure than his Maker?”

International Standard Version

"Can a mortal person be more righteous than God? Or can the purity of the valiant exceed that of his maker?'

A Conservative Version

Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his maker?

American Standard Version

Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?

Amplified


‘Can [mortal] man be just before God or be more righteous than He?
Can a man be pure before his Maker or be more cleansed than He?

Bible in Basic English

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

Darby Translation

Shall mortal man be more just than +God? Shall a man be purer than his Maker?

Julia Smith Translation

Shall a man be just above God? If a man shall be pure above him making him?

King James 2000

Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?

Lexham Expanded Bible

'Can a human being be more righteous than God, or can a man be more pure than his Maker?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

'Shall man be more just than God? Or shall man be purer than his maker?

NET Bible

"Is a mortal man righteous before God? Or a man pure before his Creator?

New Heart English Bible

'Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?

The Emphasized Bible

Shall, mortal man, be more just than GOD? Or a man be more pure than, his Maker?

Webster

Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?

World English Bible

'Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?

Youngs Literal Translation

'Is mortal man than God more righteous? Than his Maker is a man cleaner?

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אנושׁ 
'enowsh 
Usage: 42

אלהּ אלוהּ 
'elowahh 
God, god
Usage: 57

גּבר 
Geber 
Usage: 65

be more pure
טהר 
Taher 
Usage: 94

References

American

Easton

Hastings

Smith

Context Readings

A Secret Was Told To Me

16 It stood still, but I could not tell the form of it. An image was before my eyes; silence; then I heard a voice, 17 Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker? 18 Behold, He puts no trust in His servants, and His angels He charges with folly!

Cross References

Job 9:2

Truly I know it is so, but how can man be just with God?

Job 25:4

How then can man be justified with God? Or how can one who is born of a woman be clean?

Genesis 18:25

Far be it from You to act in this manner, to kill the righteous with the wicked. And far be it from You, that the righteous should be as the wicked. Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

Job 8:3

Does God pervert judgment? Or does the Almighty pervert justice?

Job 9:30-31

If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands ever so clean,

Job 14:4

Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? No one!

Job 15:14

What is man, that he should be clean? And what is he born of a woman that he should be righteous?

Job 35:2

Do you think this to be right, you that say, I am more just than God?

Job 35:10

But none says, Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night;

Job 40:8

Will you also set aside My judgment? Will you condemn Me so that you may be justified?

Psalm 143:2

And do not enter into judgment with Your servant, for in Your sight no one living is just.

Psalm 145:17

Jehovah is righteous in all His ways and holy in all His works.

Ecclesiastes 7:20

For there is not a just man on earth who does good and does not sin.

Jeremiah 12:1

Righteous are You, O Jehovah, that I might contend with You; yet let me speak with You about Your judgments. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are all those happy who deal treacherously?

Jeremiah 17:9

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it?

Mark 7:20-23

And He said, That which comes out of the man is what defiles the man.

Romans 2:5

But according to your hardness and your impenitent heart, do you treasure up wrath for yourself in a day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,

Romans 3:4-7

Let it not be! But let God be true, and every man a liar; as it is written, "That You might be justified in Your sayings, and will overcome when You are judged."

Romans 9:20

No, but, O man, who are you who replies against God? Shall the thing formed say to Him who formed it, Why have you made me this way?

Romans 11:33

O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and His ways past finding out!

Revelation 4:8

And each one of the four living creatures had six wings about him, and within being full of eyes. And they had no rest day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God, the Almighty, who was and is and is to come.

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