Job 15:14

Modern

What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?

Traditional

What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

Literal

What is man that he should be pure, or that he should be righteous, one born of woman?

Latin

Quid est homo ut immaculatus sit, et ut justus appareat natus de muliere?

Hebrew

English

What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?

What is man, that he should be pure: Eliphaz repeated himself and Job (4:17–19; 7:17; 14:4).
one born of woman: Both man and born of woman suggest weakness.

Theme notes and profiles

Ecclesiastes 7:20
Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
Job 14:4
Who can bring out clean from unclean? No one!
Proverbs 20:9
Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure; I am cleansed from my sin”?
Romans 7:18
I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh; for I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.
Job 25:4–6
How then can a man be just before God? How can one born of woman be pure?
1 Kings 8:46
When they sin against You—for there is no one who does not sin—and You become angry with them and deliver them to an enemy who takes them as captives to his own land, whether far or near,
Psalm 14:3
All have turned away, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.
1 John 1:8–10
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
Ecclesiastes 7:29
Only this have I found: I have discovered that God made mankind upright, but they have sought out many schemes.”
Job 9:2
“Yes, I know that it is so, but how can a mortal be righteous before God?
Psalm 51:5
Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.
John 3:6
Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.