Job 14:4

Who can make a clean thing out of an unclean? not one [thing].

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

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

In Context

3And yet on such a one dost thou open thy eyes, and me thou bringest into judgment with thee?

5Seeing that his days are determined, the number of his months are [fixed] with thee, that thou hast set his bounds which he cannot pass:

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Cross References

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

Job 25:4How then can man be justified with God? or how can be one that is born of woman?

Psalms 51:7(51:9) Cleanse me from sin 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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