Job 9:2
Job · Old Testament · Chapter 9
“I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?”Job 9:2
What Does Job 9:2 Mean?
Job 9:2 is found in the book of Job, chapter 9, verse 2 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Job 9:2 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Job 4:17“Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?”Job 25:4“How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?”Romans 3:19“Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.”1 John 1:8“If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.”Psalms 130:3“If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?”Psalms 143:2“And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.”Romans 3:20“Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.”1 Corinthians 4:4“For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.”Galatians 2:16“Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.”Job 13:18“Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified.”Job 9:20“If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.”Job 9:28“I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.”Job 15:14“What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?”1 Kings 8:46“If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near;”2 Kings 19:17“Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands,”Ezra 9:15“O LORD God of Israel, thou art righteous: for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of this.”Job 8:3“Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?”Job 11:4“For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.”Job 14:3“And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?”Job 25:2“Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high places.”
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