Job 15:14
What is man, that he should be pure, And he that is born of woman, that he should be innocent?
Noyes 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
13For against God hast thou turned thy spirit, And uttered such words from thy mouth.
15Behold, He putteth no trust in his ministering spirits, And the heavens are not pure in his sight;
Cross References
Job 9:2Of a truth, I know that it is so: For how can man be just before God?
Job 14:4Who can produce a clean thing from an unclean? Not one.
Psalms 14:2Jehovah looketh down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there are any that have understanding, That have regard to God.
Psalms 51:5Behold! I was born in iniquity, And in sin did my mother conceive me.
Proverbs 20:9Who can say, “I have kept my heart clean; I am free 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 →