Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Job 4:17
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Job4:17
17. mortal man ... a man--Two Hebrew words for "man" are used; the first implying his feebleness; the second his strength. Whether feeble or strong, man is not righteous before God.
more just than God ... more pure than his maker--But this would be self-evident without an oracle.
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