Job 15:14
What is man, that he should be cleane? and he that is borne of woman, that he shoulde be iust?
Geneva Bible 1599
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 answerest to God at thy pleasure, and bringest such wordes out of thy mouth?
15Beholde, he founde no stedfastnesse in his Saintes: yea, the heauens are not cleane in his sight.
Cross References
1 Kings 8:46If they sinne against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not) and thou be angry with them, and deliuer them vnto the enemies, so that they cary them away prisoners vnto the land of the enemies, either farre or neere,
Job 9:2I knowe verily that it is so: for howe should man compared vnto God, be iustified?
Job 14:4Who can bring a cleane thing out of filthinesse? there is not one.
Psalms 14:2The Lord looked downe from heauen vpon the children of men, to see if there were any that would vnderstand, and seeke God.
Psalms 51:5Beholde, I was borne in iniquitie, and in sinne hath my mother conceiued me.
Proverbs 20:9Who can say, I haue made mine heart cleane, I am cleane from my sinne?
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 →