Job 15:14
What [is] man that he is pure, And that he is righteous, one born of woman?
Young's Literal Translation
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 thou turnest against God thy spirit? And hast brought out words from thy mouth:
15Lo, in His holy ones He putteth no credence, And the heavens have not been pure in His eyes.
Cross References
1 Kings 8:46'When they sin against Thee (for there is not a man who sinneth not), and Thou hast been angry with them, and hast given them up before an enemy, and they have taken captive their captivity unto the land of the enemy far off or near;
Job 9:2Truly I have known that [it is] so, And what — is man righteous with God?
Job 14:4Who giveth a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
Psalms 14:2Jehovah from the heavens Hath looked on the sons of men, To see if there is a wise one — seeking God.
Psalms 51:5Lo, in iniquity I have been brought forth, And in sin doth my mother conceive me.
Proverbs 20:9Who saith, 'I have purified my heart, I have been 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 →