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Job 25:4

How then can a man be just before God? How can one born of woman be pure?

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ASV

How then can man be just with God? Or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?

KJV

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

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וּמַה־u.mah-and what?H4100 →
יִּצְדַּ֣קyitz.Dakwill he be righteousH6663 →
אֱנ֣וֹשׁ'e.No.osha personH582 →
עִם־'im-withH5973 →
אֵ֑ל'ElGodH410 →
וּמַה־u.mah-and what?H4100 →
יִּ֝זְכֶּ֗הyiz.Kehwill he be pureH2135 →
יְל֣וּדye.Lud[one] born ofH3205 →
אִשָּֽׁה׃'i.Shaha womanH802 →

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Romans 3:10As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one.Job 14:1“Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble.1 John 1:8If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.Romans 5:1Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,Psalms 130:3If You, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand?Isaiah 64:6Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.Job 4:17–19‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God, or a man more pure than his Maker?Job 9:2“Yes, I know that it is so, but how can a mortal be righteous before God?Job 15:14–16What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?Job 4:17‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God, or a man more pure than his Maker?John 3:6Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.Psalms 143:2Do not bring Your servant into judgment, for no one alive is righteous before You.Revelation 1:5and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood,Psalms 51:5Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.Titus 3:5He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.Luke 18:14I tell you, this man, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”Zechariah 13:1“On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the people of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.1 John 1:9If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

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