Job 14:4

Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.

In Context

3And dost Thou open Thine eyes upon such a one, and bringest me into judgment with Thee?

5Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months is with Thee, and Thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

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Cross References

Genesis 5:3And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begot a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth.

Job 25:4How then can man be just with God? Or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?

Psalms 51:7(51-9) Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

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 →

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