Job 4:17 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

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

Job 4:17

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Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:

It 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}, {there...: or, I heard a still voice}

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

Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly: {and his...: or, nor in his angels, in whom he put light}

How much less {in} them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation {is} in the dust, {which} are crushed before the moth?

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Job 4:1

"Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,"

Job 4:2

"{If} we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking? {to...: Heb. a word} {withhold...: Heb. refrain from words?}"

Job 4:3

"Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands."

Job 4:4

"Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees."

Job 4:5

"But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled."

Job 4:6

"{Is} not {this} thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?"

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