Job 15:14

In 11 translations

BSB

What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?

KJV

What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

WEB

What is man, that he should be clean? What is he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

ASV

What is man, that he should be clean? And he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

LSV

What [is] man that he is pure, || And that he is righteous, one born of woman?

YLT

What [is] man that he is pure, And that he is righteous, one born of woman?

DBY

What is man, that he should be pure? and he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

DRC

What is man that he should be without spot, and he that is born of a woman that he should appear just?

GNV

What is man, that he should be cleane? and he that is borne of woman, that he shoulde be iust?

JPS

What is man, that he should be clean? And he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

LXXE

For who, being a mortal, is such that he shall be blameless? or, who that is born of a woman, that he should be just?

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Original-language editions

WLC

מָֽה־אֱנ֥וֹשׁ כִּֽי־יִזְכֶּ֑ה וְכִֽי־יִ֝צְדַּ֗ק יְל֣וּד אִשָּֽׁה׃

LXX-Br

Τίς γὰρ ὢν βροτὸς, ὅτι ἔσται ἅμεμπτος; ἢ ὡς ἐσόμενος δίκαιος γεννητὸς γυναικός;

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• Ecclesiastes 7:20Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
• Job 14:4Who can bring out clean from unclean? No one!
• Proverbs 20:9Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure; I am cleansed from my sin”?
• Romans 7:18I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh; for I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.
• Job 25:4–6How then can a man be just before God? How can one born of woman be pure? If even the moon does not shine, and the stars are not pure in His sight, how much less man, who is but a maggot, and the son of man, who is but…
• 1 Kings 8:46When they sin against You—for there is no one who does not sin—and You become angry with them and deliver them to an enemy who takes them as captives to his own land, whether far or near,
• Psalms 14:3All have turned away, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.
• 1 John 1:8–10If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say we have not…
• John 3:6Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.
• 2 Chronicles 6:36When they sin against You—for there is no one who does not sin—and You become angry with them and deliver them to an enemy who takes them as captives to a land far or near,
• Galatians 3:22But the Scripture pronounces all things confined by sin, so that by faith in Jesus Christ the promise might be given to those who believe.
• Ephesians 2:2–3in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience. All of us also lived among them at one time,…
• Ecclesiastes 7:29Only this have I found: I have discovered that God made men upright, but they have sought out many schemes.”
• Job 9:2“Yes, I know that it is so, but how can a mortal be righteous before God?
• Psalms 51:5Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.

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