Job 14:4

For who shall be pure from uncleanness? not even one; 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

3Hast thou not taken account even of him, 1 And caused him to enter into judgment before thee? 1

5If even his life should be but one day upon the earth: 1 And his months are numbered by him: 1 Thou hast appointed him for a time, and he shall by no means exceed it. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 5:3And Adam lived two hundred and thirty years, and begot a son after his own form, and after his own image, and he called his name Seth.

Job 25:4For how shall a mortal be just before the Lord? 1 Or who that is born of a woman shall purify himself? 1

Psalms 51:7Therefore may God destroy thee forever, 1 May he pluck thee up and utterly remove thee from thy dwelling, 1 And thy root from the land of the living. Pause. 1

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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