Job 15:14
What is man, that he should be pure? and that he who is born of woman should be declared righteous?
Leeser Tanakh
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 shouldst turn against God thy spirit, and utter [such] words out of thy mouth?
15Behold, in his holy ones he putteth no trust; and the heavens are not pure in his eyes:
Cross References
1 Kings 8:46If they sin against thee, [for there is no man that may not sin,] and thou be angry with them, and give them up before the enemy, so that their captors carry them away captive unto the land of the enemy, [be it] far or near;
Job 9:2Truly I know that it is so: and how could a mortal be righteous before God?
Job 14:4Who can make a clean thing out of an unclean? not one [thing].
Psalms 14:2The Lord looketh down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there be one intelligent, one who seeketh for God.
Psalms 51:5(51:7) Behold, in iniquity was I brought forth; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
Proverbs 20:9Who can say, I have made my heart pure, I am cleansed from my 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 →