Job 9:2 ““Yes, I know that it is so, but how can a mortal be righteous before G…”

Job 9:2

“Yes, I know that it is so, but how can a mortal be righteous before God?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

Of a truth I know that it is so: But how can man be just with God?

Geneva Bible 1599

I knowe verily that it is so: for howe should man compared vnto God, be iustified?

Darby Translation

Of a truth I know it is so; but how can man be just with God?

Young's Literal Translation

Truly I have known that [it is] so, And what — is man righteous with God?

Bible in Basic English

Truly, I see that it is so: and how is it possible for a man to get his right before God?

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In context

1Then Job answered:

3If one wished to contend with God, he could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.

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