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

How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean {that is} born of a woman?

Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law {is} the knowledge of sin.

And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.

If 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;

If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?

Then 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. {himself: Heb. his soul}

For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.

And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?

I am clean without transgression, I {am} innocent; neither {is there} iniquity in me.

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

How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean {that is} born of a woman?

Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. {guilty...: or, subject to the judgment of God}

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?

For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord. {know: or, I am not conscious of any fault}

Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.

Behold now, I have ordered {my} cause; I know that I shall be justified.

What {is} man, that he should be clean? and {he which is} born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: {if I say}, I {am} perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.

I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.

And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.

Dominion and fear {are} with him, he maketh peace in his high places.

O LORD God of Israel, thou {art} righteous: for we remain yet escaped, as {it is} this day: behold, we {are} before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of this.

Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?

For thou hast said, My doctrine {is} pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.

Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands,

And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.