Job 14:4
Who can bring a cleane thing out of filthinesse? there is not one.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
In Context
3And yet thou openest thine eyes vpon such one, and causest me to enter into iudgement with thee.
Cross References
Genesis 5:3Nowe Adam liued an hundred and thirtie yeeres, and begate a childe in his owne likenes after his image, and called his name Sheth.
Job 25:4And howe may a man be iustified with God? or how can he be cleane, that is borne of woman?
Psalms 51:7Purge me with hyssope, and I shalbe cleane: wash me, and I shalbe whiter then snowe.
Luke 1:35And the Angel answered, and said vnto her, The holy Ghost shall come vpon thee, and the power of the most High shall ouershadowe thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall bee borne of thee, shall be called the Sonne of God.
Romans 5:12Wherefore, as by one man sinne entred into ye world, and death by sinne, and so death went ouer all men: in who all men haue sinned.
Ephesians 2:3Among whom we also had our conuersation in time past, in the lustes of our flesh, in fulfilling the will of the flesh, and of the minde, and were by nature the children of wrath, as well as others.
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 →