17'Can a mortal be more righteous than God? Can a man be more pure than his Maker?


In Context

14 fear and trembling seized me and made all my bones shake.

15 A spirit glided past my face, and the hair on my body stood on end.

16 It stopped, but I could not tell what it was. A form stood before my eyes, and I heard a hushed voice:

17 'Can a mortal be more righteous than God? Can a man be more pure than his Maker?

18 If God places no trust in his servants, if he charges his angels with error,

19 how much more those who live in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who are crushed more readily than a moth!

Job 4:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:17Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:17Shall man be justified in comparison of God, or shall a man be more pure than his maker?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:17Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:17Shall mortal man be more just than +God? Shall a man be purer than his Maker?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:17Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his Maker?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:17Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:17'Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:17'Is mortal man than God more righteous? Than his Maker is a man cleaner?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:17Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?