Job 4:17

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Shall man be more iust then God? or shall a man be purer then his maker?

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  • Job 9:2 : 2 I knowe it is so of a trueth: For how may a man compared vnto God be iustified?
  • Job 25:4 : 4 But how may a man compared vnto God, be iustified? or how can he be cleane that is borne of a woman?
  • Ps 143:2 : 2 And enter not into iudgement with thy seruaunt: for in thy syght no man lyuyng can be iustified.
  • Ps 145:17 : 17 God is righteous in all his wayes: and holy in all his workes.
  • Eccl 7:20 : 20 For there is not one iust vpon earth that doth good, and sinneth not.
  • Jer 12:1 : 1 O Lorde thou art more righteous, then that I shoulde dispute with thee: neuerthelesse, let me talke with thee in thynges reasonable. Howe happeneth it that the way of the vngodly is so prosperous? and that it goeth so well with them which without any shame offend and liue in wickednesse,
  • Jer 17:9 : 9 Among all thynges, man hath the most deceiptfull and stubburne heart: Who shall then knowe it?
  • Mark 7:20-23 : 20 And he sayde: That which commeth out of a man, defyleth the man. 21 For from within, euen out of the heart of men, proceade euyll thoughtes, adulterie, fornication, murther, 22 Theft, couetousnes, wickednes, deceit, wantonnes, a wicked eye, blasphemies, pride, foolyshnes. 23 All these euyll thynges come fro within, and defyle a man.
  • Rom 2:5 : 5 But thou after thy stubbernnesse and heart that can not repent, heapest vnto thy selfe wrath, agaynst the daye of wrath and declaration of the righteous iudgement of God:
  • Rom 3:4-7 : 4 God forbyd. Yea let God be true, and euery man a lyer, as it is writte: That thou myghtest be iustified in thy sayinges, and ouercome when thou art iudged. 5 But yf our vnrighteousnes setteth foorth the righteousnes of God, what shall we saye? Is God vnryghteous which taketh vengeaunce? I speake after the maner of men, 6 God forbyd. For howe then shall God iudge the worlde? 7 For yf the trueth of God hath more abounded through my lye, vnto his glory, why am I as yet iudged as a sinner?
  • Rom 9:20 : 20 But O man, what art thou which disputest with God? Shall the worke say to the workeman, why hast thou made me on this fashion?
  • Rom 11:33 : 33 O the deepenesse of the ryches both of the wisdome and knowledge of God, howe vnsearcheable are his iudgementes, and his wayes past fyndyng out?
  • Rev 4:8 : 8 And the foure beastes had eche one of them sixe wynges about hym, and they were full of eyes within: and they had no rest day neither night, saying: Holy, holy, holy Lorde God almightie, which was, and is, and is to come.
  • Job 35:2 : 2 Thinkest thou it right that thou sayest, I am more righteous then God?
  • Job 35:10 : 10 But none sayth, Where is God that made me? and that geueth vs occasion to praise him in the night?
  • Job 40:8 : 8 Wylt thou disanul my iudgement? or wylt thou condempne me, that thou mayst be righteous?
  • Job 9:30-31 : 30 If I washe my selfe with snowe water, and make myne handes neuer so cleane at the well: 31 Yet shalt thou dippe me in the myre, and mine owne clothes shal defile me.
  • Job 14:4 : 4 Who can make it cleane that commeth of an vncleane thing? no bodye.
  • Job 15:14 : 14 What is man, that he should be cleane? and he which is borne of a woman, whereby he might be righteous?
  • Gen 18:25 : 25 That be farre from thee that thou shouldest do after this maner, and slaye the ryghteous with the wicked, & that the ryghteous should be as the wicked, that be farre from thee: Shall not the iudge of all the worlde do accordyng to ryght?
  • Job 8:3 : 3 Doth God paruert the thing that is lawfull? or doth the almightie destroy the thing that is right?

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    13That thy minde is so pufte vp against God, and lettest such wordes go out of thy mouth?

    14What is man, that he should be cleane? and he which is borne of a woman, whereby he might be righteous?

    15Beholde he doth not trust his sainctes, yea, the very heauens are not cleane in his sight:

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    4But how may a man compared vnto God, be iustified? or how can he be cleane that is borne of a woman?

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    8Wylt thou disanul my iudgement? or wylt thou condempne me, that thou mayst be righteous?

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    12Behold, in this hast thou not done right, I wil make aunswere vnto thee, that God is greater then man.

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    16He stoode thereon and I knewe not his face, an image there was before myne eyes, and in the stilnesse hearde I a voyce.

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    3Doest thou open thyne eyes vpon such one, and bringest me into thy iudgement?

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    12Art not thou of olde, O Lord my God, my holy one? we shall not dye, O Lord thou hast ordeined them for iudgement, and O God thou hast established them for correction.

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    3Doth God paruert the thing that is lawfull? or doth the almightie destroy the thing that is right?

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    2Thinkest thou it right that thou sayest, I am more righteous then God?

    3For thou sayest: what aduauntage wyll it be vnto thee, and what profite shall I haue of my sinne?

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    2I knowe it is so of a trueth: For how may a man compared vnto God be iustified?

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    23For God wil not lay vpon man more then he hath sinned, that he should enter into iudgement with him.

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    20But O man, what art thou which disputest with God? Shall the worke say to the workeman, why hast thou made me on this fashion?

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    18Beholde, he founde not trueth in his seruauntes, and in his angels there was folly:

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    4For thou hast sayde, my doctrine is pure, and I am cleane in thyne eyes.

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    23Who wyll reproue him of his way? Who wil say vnto him, Thou hast done wrong?

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    3Thinkest thou it welldone to oppresse me? to cast me of beyng the workes of thy handes? and to mayntayne the counsell of the vngodly?

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    3Is it any aduauntage to the almightie that thou art righteous? or shall it profite him that thou makest thy wayes perfect?

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    3O God, what is man that thou doest knowe hym? what is the sonne of man that thou doest thynke of hym?

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    4Is it for mans sake that I make this disputation? Which if it were so, shoulde not my spirite then be in sore trouble?

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    2And enter not into iudgement with thy seruaunt: for in thy syght no man lyuyng can be iustified.

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    14When God will sit in iudgement, what shall I do? & when he will visite me, what aunswere shal I geue him?

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    10Therfore hearken vnto me ye that haue vnderstanding: farre be it from God that he shoulde meddle with wickednesse, & farre be it from the almightie that he shoulde meddle with vnrighteous dealing.

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