Job 15:14
What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?
Majority Standard Bible
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
13so that you turn your spirit against God and pour such words from your mouth?
15If God puts no trust in His holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in His eyes,
Cross References
1 Kings 8:46When they sin against You—for there is no one who does not sin—and You become angry with them and deliver them to an enemy who takes them as captives to his own land, whether far or near,
Job 9:2“Yes, I know that it is so, but how can a mortal be righteous before God?
Job 14:4Who can bring out clean from unclean? No one!
Psalms 14:2The LORD looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.
Psalms 51:5Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.
Proverbs 20:9Who can say, “I have kept 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 →