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| ESV |
“Truly I know that it is so: But how can a man be in the right before God?
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| NIV |
“Indeed, I know that this is true. But how can a mortal be righteous before God?
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| NLT |
“Yes, I know all this is true in principle. But how can a person be declared innocent in God's sight?
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| LXX |
ἐπ ἀληθείας οἶδα ὅτι οὕτως ἐστίνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigεἰμί greek εἰμί is the first person singular verb for “to be” (εἶναι [the infinitive form] = “to be”). It an irregular verb, and, like English, changes significantly between person and tense. For example εἰμί is the word for am and ἦν is the word for was, e.g. πῶς γὰρ ἔσταιplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigεἰμί greek εἰμί is the first person singular verb for “to be” (εἶναι [the infinitive form] = “to be”). It an irregular verb, and, like English, changes significantly between person and tense. For example εἰμί is the word for am and ἦν is the word for was, e.g. δίκαιος βροτὸς παρὰ κυρίῳ |
| KJV |
I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?
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