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Job 9:2
“Truly I know that it is so, but how can man be just with God?
Job 9:2 · World English Bible
Job 9:2 in other translations
I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?
“Yes, I know that it is so, but how can a mortal be righteous before God?
"Truly I know that it is so, but how can man be just with God?
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In context
1 Then Job answered,
2 “Truly I know that it is so, but how can man be just with God?
3 If he is pleased to contend with him, he can’t answer him one time in a thousand.
4 God is wise in heart, and mighty in strength. Who has hardened himself against him and prospered?
5 He removes the mountains, and they don’t know it, when he overturns them in his anger.
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