“ Yes, I know all this is true in principle. But how can a person be declared innocent in God’s sight?

“我真知道是这样；但人在神面前怎能成为义呢？

“我真的知道是这样，但人在上帝前怎能成为义呢？

“我真的知道是这样，但人在神前怎能成为义呢？

“不错，我知道你所言不虚，但人怎能在上帝面前算为义人？

“我实在知道是这样，但是，人在神面前怎能算为公义呢？

我真知道是這樣；但人在神面前怎能成為義呢？

「我真的知道是這樣，但人在上帝前怎能成為義呢？

「我真的知道是這樣，但人在神前怎能成為義呢？

「不錯，我知道你所言不虛，但人怎能在上帝面前算為義人？

“我實在知道是這樣，但是，人在神面前怎能算為公義呢？

『我真知道是這樣；但人同上帝相比、怎能算為義呢？

我誠知其若是、但人於上帝前、安能為義、

我深知有如此、然人於天主前、焉得自辯為義、然人於天主前焉得自辯為義或作然人於天主前豈得視為有義

“ Indeed, I know that this is true. But how can mere mortals prove their innocence before God?

“ I’m sure that what you have said is true. But how can human beings prove to God they are not guilty?

“ Truly I know that it is so: But how can a man be in the right before God?

Yes, I know what you’ve said is true, but how can a person be justified before God?

“ In truth I know that this is so; But how can a person be in the right with God?

“ Truly I know it is so, But how can a man be righteous before God?

Of a truth I know that it is so: But how can man be just with God?

Yes, I know what you’ve said is true, but how can a person be justified before God?

I know[ it is] so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?

“ Truly, I know that this is so. But how can a human be just before God?

“ Truly I know that it is so, but how can man be just with God?

‘ Can a mortal be innocent before God? Can anyone be pure before the Creator?’

For no one can ever be made right with God by doing what the law commands. The law simply shows us how sinful we are.

How can a mortal be innocent before God? Can anyone born of a woman be pure?

Don’t put your servant on trial, for no one is innocent before you.

For Job also said,‘ I am innocent, but God has taken away my rights.

Then Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite, of the clan of Ram, became angry. He was angry because Job refused to admit that he had sinned and that God was right in punishing him.

“ If they sin against you— and who has never sinned?— you might become angry with them and let their enemies conquer them and take them captive to their land far away or near.

Lord, if you kept a record of our sins, who, O Lord, could ever survive?

You said,‘ I am pure; I am without sin; I am innocent; I have no guilt.

Must you keep an eye on such a frail creature and demand an accounting from me?Who can bring purity out of an impure person? No one!