Parallel Verses
- New International Reader's Version - It said, ‘Can a human being be more right than God? Can even a strong man be more pure than the God who made him?
- 新标点和合本 - ‘必死的人岂能比 神公义吗？ 人岂能比造他的主洁净吗？
- 和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - ‘必死的人能比上帝公义吗？ 壮士能比造他的主纯洁吗？
- 和合本2010（神版-简体） - ‘必死的人能比 神公义吗？ 壮士能比造他的主纯洁吗？
- 当代译本 - ‘在上帝面前，世人岂算得上公义？ 在创造主面前，凡人岂算得上纯洁？
- 圣经新译本 - ‘人能在 神面前算为公义吗？ 人能在他的创造主面前算为洁净吗？
- 现代标点和合本 - ‘必死的人岂能比神公义吗？ 人岂能比造他的主洁净吗？
- 和合本（拼音版） - ‘必死的人岂能比上帝公义吗？ 人岂能比造他的主洁净吗？
- New International Version - ‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God? Can even a strong man be more pure than his Maker?
- English Standard Version - ‘Can mortal man be in the right before God? Can a man be pure before his Maker?
- New Living Translation - ‘Can a mortal be innocent before God? Can anyone be pure before the Creator?’
- The Message - “‘How can mere mortals be more righteous than God? How can humans be purer than their Creator? Why, God doesn’t even trust his own servants, doesn’t even cheer his angels, So how much less these bodies composed of mud, fragile as moths? These bodies of ours are here today and gone tomorrow, and no one even notices—gone without a trace. When the tent stakes are ripped up, the tent collapses— we die and are never the wiser for having lived.’”
- Christian Standard Bible - “Can a mortal be righteous before God? Can a man be more pure than his Maker?”
- New American Standard Bible - ‘Can mankind be righteous before God? Can a man be pure before his Maker?
- New King James Version - ‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God? Can a man be more pure than his Maker?
- Amplified Bible - ‘Can [mortal] man be just before God or be more righteous than He? Can a man be pure before his Maker or be more cleansed than He?
- American Standard Version - Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?
- King James Version - Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
- New English Translation - “Is a mortal man righteous before God? Or a man pure before his Creator?
- World English Bible - ‘Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?
- 新標點和合本 - 必死的人豈能比神公義嗎？ 人豈能比造他的主潔淨嗎？
- 和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 『必死的人能比上帝公義嗎？ 壯士能比造他的主純潔嗎？
- 和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 『必死的人能比 神公義嗎？ 壯士能比造他的主純潔嗎？
- 當代譯本 - 『在上帝面前，世人豈算得上公義？ 在創造主面前，凡人豈算得上純潔？
- 聖經新譯本 - ‘人能在 神面前算為公義嗎？ 人能在他的創造主面前算為潔淨嗎？
- 呂振中譯本 - 「能死的人在上帝面前能算為義麼？ 人在造他的 主 面前哪是潔淨呢？
- 現代標點和合本 - 『必死的人豈能比神公義嗎？ 人豈能比造他的主潔淨嗎？
- 文理和合譯本 - 必死之人、豈義於上帝乎、世人豈潔於造之者乎、
- 文理委辦譯本 - 斯世之人、於上帝前、豈得為義、於造化主前、豈得言潔。
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 人豈可義於天主乎、人豈可潔於造之者乎、 或作人於天主前豈得為義人於造之者前豈得為潔
- Nueva Versión Internacional - »“¿Puede un simple mortal ser más justo que Dios? ¿Puede ser más puro el hombre que su creador?
- 현대인의 성경 - ‘사람이 하나님보다 의로울 수 있느냐? 사람이 자기를 창조하신 이보다 성결할 수 있느냐?’
- Новый Русский Перевод - «Может ли смертный быть пред Богом праведен, а человек – пред Создателем чист?
- Восточный перевод - «Может ли смертный быть праведен перед Всевышним, может ли человек быть чист перед Создателем?
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - «Может ли смертный быть праведен перед Аллахом, может ли человек быть чист перед Создателем?
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - «Может ли смертный быть праведен перед Всевышним, может ли человек быть чист перед Создателем?
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - « Un humain serait-il ╵plus juste que son Créateur ? Un homme peut-il être ╵plus pur que Dieu ?
- リビングバイブル - 『人にすぎない者が 神より正しいなどということがあろうか。 創造者よりきよいなどということがあろうか。』
- Nova Versão Internacional - ‘Poderá algum mortal ser mais justo que Deus? Poderá algum homem ser mais puro que o seu Criador?
- Hoffnung für alle - ›Kann denn ein Mensch gerecht sein vor Gott, vollkommen vor seinem Schöpfer?‹
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - ‘Người phàm có thể công chính trước mặt Đức Chúa Trời chăng? Liệu có ai trong sạch trước mặt Đấng Sáng Tạo?’
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ‘มนุษย์จะชอบธรรมกว่าพระเจ้าได้หรือ? คนเราจะบริสุทธิ์กว่าพระผู้สร้างของเขาได้หรือ?
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ‘มนุษย์จะมีความชอบธรรม ณ เบื้องหน้าพระเจ้าได้หรือ มนุษย์จะบริสุทธิ์ ณ เบื้องหน้าองค์ผู้สร้างของเขาได้หรือ
Cross Reference
- Job 8:3 - Does God ever treat people unfairly? Does the Mighty One make what is wrong appear to be right?
- Job 9:30 - Suppose I clean myself with soap. Suppose I wash my hands with cleanser.
- Job 9:31 - Even then you would throw me into a muddy pit. And even my clothes would hate me.
- Job 14:4 - Who can bring what is pure from something that isn’t pure? No one!
- Romans 9:20 - But you are a mere human being. So who are you to talk back to God? Scripture says, “Can what is made say to the one who made it, ‘Why did you make me like this?’ ” ( Isaiah 29:16 ; 45:9 )
- Job 40:8 - “Would you dare to claim that I am not being fair? Would you judge me in order to make yourself seem right?
- Job 35:2 - “Job, do you think it’s fair for you to say, ‘I am the one who is right, not God’?
- Job 15:14 - “Can human beings really be pure? Can those who are born really be right with God?
- Revelation 4:8 - Each of the four living creatures had six wings. Each creature was covered all over with eyes. It had eyes even under its wings. Day and night, they never stop saying, “ ‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God who rules over all.’ ( Isaiah 6:3 ) He was, and he is, and he will come.”
- Psalm 145:17 - The Lord is right in everything he does. He is faithful in everything he does.
- Mark 7:20 - He went on to say, “What comes out of a person is what makes them ‘unclean.’
- Mark 7:21 - Evil thoughts come from the inside, from a person’s heart. So do sexual sins, stealing and murder.
- Mark 7:22 - Adultery, greed, hate and cheating come from a person’s heart too. So do desires that are not pure, and wanting what belongs to others. And so do telling lies about others and being proud and being foolish.
- Mark 7:23 - All these evil things come from inside a person and make them ‘unclean.’ ”
- Jeremiah 17:9 - A human heart is more dishonest than anything else. It can’t be healed. Who can understand it?
- Job 35:10 - But no one says, ‘Where is the God who made me? He gives us songs even during the night.
- Genesis 18:25 - You would never kill godly people along with those who are evil, would you? Would you treat them all alike? You would never do anything like that! Won’t the Judge of the whole earth do what is right?”
- Jeremiah 12:1 - Lord, when I bring a matter to you, you always do what is right. But now I would like to speak with you about whether you are being fair. Why are sinful people successful? Why do those who can’t be trusted have an easy life?
- Romans 2:5 - But you are stubborn. In your heart you are not sorry for your sins. You are storing up anger against yourself. The day of God’s anger is coming. Then his way of judging fairly will be shown.
- Psalm 143:2 - Don’t take me to court and judge me, because in your eyes no living person does what is right.
- Ecclesiastes 7:20 - It is true that there isn’t anyone on earth who does only what is right and never sins.
- Romans 3:4 - Not at all! God is true, even if every human being is a liar. It is written, “You are right when you sentence me. You are fair when you judge me.” ( Psalm 51:4 )
- Romans 3:5 - Doesn’t the fact that we are wrong prove more clearly that God is right? Then what can we say? Can we say that God is not fair when he brings his anger down on us? As you can tell, I am just using human ways of thinking.
- Romans 3:6 - God is certainly fair! If he weren’t, how could he judge the world?
- Romans 3:7 - Someone might argue, “When I lie, it becomes clearer that God is truthful. It makes his glory shine more brightly. Why then does he find me guilty of sin?”
- Romans 11:33 - How very rich are God’s wisdom and knowledge! How he judges is more than we can understand! The way he deals with people is more than we can know!
- Job 25:4 - How can human beings be right with God? How can mere people really be pure?
- Job 9:2 - “I’m sure that what you have said is true. But how can human beings prove to God they are not guilty?