Job 9:2
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 9:2 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 9:2 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God? with God: or, before God?" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 9:2 — KJV
“I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God? with God: or, before God?”
— Job 9:2 (KJV)
Job 9:2 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 9:2
“And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her. to know...: Heb. to know the peace”
Shares key themes with Job 9:2: know, how, should
“I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.”
Shares key themes with Job 9:2: know, should, god
“The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.”
Shares key themes with Job 9:2: know, how, should
“And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.”
Shares key themes with Job 9:2: know, just, god
“And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.”
Shares key themes with Job 9:2: know, how, should
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