Job 9:2
Indeed I know it is so, and that man cannot be justified compared with God.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Vere scio quod ita sit, et quod non justificetur homo compositus Deo.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Ἐπ᾽ ἀληθείας οἶδα ὅτι οὕτως ἐστίν. πῶς γὰρ ἔσται δίκαιος βροτὸς παρὰ Κυρίῳ;
- Hebrew (WLC)
- אָ֭מְנָם יָדַ֣עְתִּי כִי כֵ֑ן וּמַה יִּצְדַּ֖ק אֱנ֣וֹשׁ עִם אֵֽל
Haydock's commentary
God. Job answers both his friends, and with admirable humility acknowledges that in God's sight he is full of defects; but not of such a nature as to fall (Calmet) under the cognizance of man. I am not conscious to myself of anything; but....God is the judge, 1 Corinthians iv. 4. (Haydock)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine A Treatise on the Merits and Forgiveness of Sins, and on the Baptism of Infants, Job Was Not Without Sin
But let us see what Job has to say of himself, after God’s great testimony of his righteousness. “I know of a truth,” he says, “that it is so: for how shall a mortal man be just before the Lord? For if He should enter into judgment with him, he would not be able to obey Him.” And shortly afterwards he asks: “Who shall resist His judgment? Even if I should seem righteous, my mouth will speak profanely.” And again, further on, he says: “I know He will not leave me unpunished. But since I am ungodly, why have I not died? If I should wash myself with snow, and be purged with clean hands, thou hadst thoroughly stained me with filth.” In another of his discourses he says: “For Thou hast written evil things against me, and hast compassed me with the sins of my youth; and Thou hast placed my foot in the stocks. …