Job 4:17
Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
In other versions
Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?
ASV
May a man be upright before God? or a man be clean before his Maker?
BBE
Shall [mortal] man be more just than +God? Shall a man be purer than his Maker?
DBY
'Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?
WEB
`Is mortal man than God more righteous? Than his Maker is a man cleaner?
YLT
Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
ENG
Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
WBT
‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God, or a man more pure than his Maker?
BSB
In context
15Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:
16It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,
17Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
18Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:
19How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?