Job 9:2
“I know it is so of a trueth: but howe should man be iust with God.”
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Job 9:2 Context
1Then Iob answered, and said, 2I know it is so of a trueth: but howe should man be iust with God. 3If he will contend with him, he cannot answere him one of a thousand. 4He is wise in heart, and mightie in strength: who hath hardened himselfe against him, and hath prospered?
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Other Translations for Job 9:2
I know [it is] so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?
- King James Version
"In truth I know that this is so; But how can a man be in the right before God?
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Of a truth I know that it is so: But how can man be just with God?
- American Standard Version (1901)
Truly, I see that it is so: and how is it possible for a man to get his right before God?
- Basic English Bible
Of a truth I know it is so; but how can man be just with God?
- Darby Bible
I know it to be so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?
- Webster's Bible
Truly I know that it is so, but how can man be just with God?
- World English Bible
Truly I have known that [it is] so, And what -- is man righteous with God?
- Youngs Literal Bible
Of a truth I know that it is so; and how can man be just with God?
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Job 9:2
9:2 I know - That God is just in all his ways, that he doth ordinarily bless the righteous, and punish the wicked. Before God - And I know that no man is absolutely just, if God be severe to mark what is amiss in him.