Job 15:14
What is man that he should be without spot, and he that is born of a woman that he should appear just?
Douay-Rheims 1899
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
13Why doth thy spirit swell against God, to utter such words out of thy mouth ?
15Behold among his saints none is unchangeable, and the heavens are not pure in his sight.
Cross References
1 Kings 8:46But if they sin against thee (for there is no man who sinneth not) and thou being angry deliver them up to their enemies, so that they be led away captives into the land of their enemies far or near;
Job 9:2Indeed I know it is so, and that man cannot be justified compared with
Job 14:4Who can make him clean that is conceived of unclean seed ? is it not thou who only art?
Psalms 14:2The Lord hath looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there be any that understand and seek God.
Psalms 51:5For I know my iniquity, and my sin is always before me.
Proverbs 20:9Who can say: My heart is clean, I am pure from 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 →