Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
Mortal man ... a man. Two Hebrew words for man are used: the first implying his feebleness х 'ªnowsh (H582)], the second his strength х geber (H1397)]. Whether feeble or strong, man is not righteous before God.
More just than God ... more pure than his Maker. Since this would be self-evident without, an oracle, Umbreit and Maurer, etc., translate 'Is (mortal) man just before (in the presence or judgment of) God!' not "more just than God." Job 9:2, "How should man be just with (margin, before) God?" and Job 25:4 confirm this view. The Hebrew х min (H4480)] expresses 'Regarded FROM God's point of view' (cf. Hebrew, Jeremiah 51:5).