Job 4:17

Hebrew	הַֽ֭אֱנוֹשׁ מֵאֱל֣וֹהַ יִצְדָּ֑ק אִ֥ם מֵ֝עֹשֵׂ֗הוּ יִטְהַר גָּֽבֶר
ESV	'Can mortal man be in the right before God? Can a man be pure before his Maker?
NIV	'Can a mortal be more righteous than God? Can a man be more pure than his Maker?
NLT	'Can a mortal be innocent before God? Can anyone be pure before the Creator?'
LXX	τί γάρ μὴ καθαρὸς 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. βροτὸς ἐναντίον κυρίου ἢ ἀπὸ τῶνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ, ἡ, τό greek Meaning: * The The definite article. Forms Singular Case Masculine Feminine Neuter Nominative ὁ ἡ τό Genitive τοῦ τῆς τοῦ Dative τῷ τῇ ἔργων αὐτοῦplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigαὐτός greek Meaning * He, she, it * Himself, herself, itself * Same Personal pronoun (reflexive). Occurs more than 5,000 times in the New Testament. Core uses Function English Equivalent Typical Translation Example (Greek) Example (English) ἄμεμπτος ἀνήρ
KJV	Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?

^{Job 4:16 ← Job 4:17 → Job 4:18}

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