Job 15:14
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?
Brenton Septuagint
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 hast vented thy rage before the Lord, and delivered such words from thy mouth?
15Forasmuch as he trusts not his saints; and the heaven is not pure before him.
Cross References
1 Kings 8:46If it be that they shall sin against thee, (for there is not a man who will not sin,) and thou shalt bring them and deliver them up before their enemies, and they that take them captive shall carry them to a land far or near,
Job 9:2I know of a truth that it is so: for how shall a mortal man be just before the Lord?
Job 14:4For who shall be pure from uncleanness? not even one;
Psalms 14:2He that walks blameless, and works righteousness, who speaks truth in his heart.
Psalms 51:5Thou hast loved wickedness more than goodness; unrighteousness better than to speak righteousness. Pause.
Proverbs 20:9c Say not, I will avenge myself on my enemy; but wait on the Lord, that he may help thee.
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 →