Translations
Louis Segond 1910
L'homme serait-il juste devant Dieu? Serait-il pur devant celui qui l'a fait?
KJV
Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
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