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Job 9:2

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I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?
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  1. Job 4:17Rank 1 from verse 2
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    17Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?

  2. Job 25:4Rank 2 from verse 2
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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. Psalms 143:2Rank 3 from verse 2
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    2And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.

  4. Romans 3:20Rank 4 from verse 2
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    20Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

  5. 1 Kings 8:46Rank 5 from verse 2
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    46If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near;

  6. Job 14:3–4Rank 6 from verse 2
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    3And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?

    4Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.

  7. Job 32:2Rank 7 from verse 2
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    2Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.

  8. Job 33:9Rank 8 from verse 2
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    9I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me.

  9. Job 34:5Rank 9 from verse 2
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    5For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.

  10. Psalms 130:3Rank 10 from verse 2
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    3If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?

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Job 9:2

COMBINED MEANING

know

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To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.

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COMBINED MEANING

truth

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1. That which is true; conformity to fact or reality. 2. Faithfulness. 3. God's revealed word.

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

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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should

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A verb expressing duty, propriety, expectation, intention, purpose, condition, appointed outcome, or a future event viewed from another time or statement.

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

COMBINED MEANING

man

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

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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9:1THEN Job answered and said,

9:2I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?

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9:3If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.

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