Job 14:4
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?
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 rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Who can bring out clean from unclean? No one!
- KJV
- Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
- WEB
- Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Not one.
- ASV
- Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
- DARBY
- Who can bring a clean [man] out of the unclean? Not one!
- BLB
- Who will bring clean from unclean? Not one!
- ÅB
- Kunne det bare komme en ren av en uren! Ikke én!
- OTB
- Hvem kan bringe renhet fra urenhet?
Ingen kan! - B1930
- Kunde det bare komme en ren av en uren! Ikke én!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 3:6
That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Read in contextJob 15:14
What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
Read in contextEphesians 2:3
Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
Read in contextRomans 8:8–9
So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
Read in contextJob 25:4–6
How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?
Read in contextPsalms 51:5
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
Read in contextLuke 1:35
And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
Read in contextRomans 5:12
Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
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