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Job 4:17

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Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
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  1. Job 9:2Rank 1 from verse 17
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    2I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?

  2. Job 25:4Rank 2 from verse 17
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    4How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?

  3. Ecclesiastes 7:20Rank 3 from verse 17
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    20For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

  4. Psalms 143:2Rank 4 from verse 17
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    2And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.

  5. Jeremiah 17:9Rank 5 from verse 17
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    9¶ The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

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Job 4:17

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

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pure

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Clean, undefiled, unmixed, uncorrupted, genuine, clear, or sincere; free from contaminating matter or evil.

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maker

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One who makes, forms, creates, prepares, or brings something into being; in references to God, the Creator.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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16It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,

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

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18Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:

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