Job 4:17 Douay-Rheims

Shall man be justified in comparison of God, or shall a man be more pure than his maker?

Rashi

1040–1105 Jewish

Can a mortal be more righteous than God? This is a wonder.
or can a man be purer than his Maker? Or can a man be more pure than his Maker?

Hebrew and Aramaic words are the commentator’s citations of the sacred text; the English translation that follows each is the translator’s.

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1105 · Job 4:17

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