Job 15:14
What is man, that he should be pure? and he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
In Context
13That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest words go out of thy mouth?
15Behold, he putteth no trust in his holy ones, and the heavens are not pure in his sight:
Cross References
1 Kings 8:46If they have sinned against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and give them up to the enemy, and they have carried them away captives unto the enemy's land, far or near;
Job 9:2Of a truth I know it is so; but how can man be just with God?
Job 14:4Who can bring a clean [man] out of the unclean? Not one!
Psalms 14:2Jehovah looked down from the heavens upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.
Psalms 51:5Behold, in iniquity was I brought forth, and in sin did my mother conceive me.
Proverbs 20:9Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
Matthew Henry on Job 15:2-17
Second Address of Eliphaz. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said, 2 Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind? 3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good? 4 Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God. 5 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty. 6 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee. 7 Art thou the first… Read the whole commentary →