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

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“Indeed, I know that this is true.
    But how can mere mortals prove their innocence before God?(A)

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

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20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

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20 Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law;(A) rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin.(B)

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And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.

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Do not bring your servant into judgment,
    for no one living is righteous(A) before you.

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How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?

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How then can a mortal be righteous before God?
    How can one born of woman be pure?(A)

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If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?

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If you, Lord, kept a record of sins,
    Lord, who could stand?(A)

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For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.

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“Job says, ‘I am innocent,(A)
    but God denies me justice.(B)

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I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me.

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‘I am pure,(A) I have done no wrong;(B)
    I am clean and free from sin.(C)

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Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.

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But Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite,(A) of the family of Ram, became very angry with Job for justifying himself(B) rather than God.(C)

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And doth thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?

Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.

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Do you fix your eye on them?(A)
    Will you bring them[a] before you for judgment?(B)
Who can bring what is pure(C) from the impure?(D)
    No one!(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 14:3 Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; Hebrew me

46 If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near;

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46 “When they sin against you—for there is no one who does not sin(A)—and you become angry with them and give them over to their enemies, who take them captive(B) to their own lands, far away or near;

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