Job 14:4
Who can bring something clean of what is unclean? No one.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
In Context
3Do you even notice me, God, and why do you have to drag me to court?
5You have determined how long we shall live—the number of months, a time limit on our lives.
Cross References
Genesis 5:3When Adam was 130, he had a son who was like him, made in his image; and he named him Seth.
Job 25:4How can a human being be right before God? Can anyone born of woman be pure?
Psalms 51:7Purify me with hyssop so I can be clean; wash me so I can be whiter than snow.
Luke 1:35He replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will cover you. The baby who is to be born is holy, and will be called the Son of God.
Romans 5:12For through one man sin entered the world, and sin led to death. In this way death came to everyone, for everyone sinned.
Ephesians 2:3All of us were once like that, our behavior determined by the desires of our sinful human nature and our evil way of thinking. Like everyone else, in our nature we were children of anger.
Matthew Henry on Job 14:2-7
Brevity and Frailty of Human Life. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. 2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. 3 And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee? 4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one. 5 Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; 6 Turn from him, that he may… Read the whole commentary →