Job 14:4
מִֽי ־ יִתֵּן טָהוֹר מִטָּמֵא לֹא אֶחָֽד ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
In Context
3אַף ־ עַל ־ זֶה פָּקַחְתָּ עֵינֶךָ וְאֹתִי תָבִיא בְמִשְׁפָּט עִמָּֽךְ ׃
5אִם חֲרוּצִים ׀ יָמָיו מִֽסְפַּר ־ חֳדָשָׁיו אִתָּךְ חקו עָשִׂיתָ וְלֹא יַעֲבֽוֹר ׃
Cross References
Genesis 5:3וַֽיְחִי אָדָם שְׁלֹשִׁים וּמְאַת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בִּדְמוּתוֹ כְּצַלְמוֹ וַיִּקְרָא אֶת ־ שְׁמוֹ שֵֽׁת ׃
Job 25:4וּמַה ־ יִּצְדַּק אֱנוֹשׁ עִם ־ אֵל וּמַה ־ יִּזְכֶּה יְלוּד אִשָּֽׁה ׃
Psalms 51:7הֵן ־ בְּעָווֹן חוֹלָלְתִּי וּבְחֵטְא יֶֽחֱמַתְנִי אִמִּֽי ׃
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 →