Job 15:14
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?”
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“What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?”
King James Version · Public Domain“What is man, that he should be clean? And he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“What <FI>is<Fi> man that he is pure, And that he is righteous, one born of woman?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 15:14 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Kings 8:46When 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,
- 2 Chronicles 6:36When 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 a land far or near,
- Job 9:2“Yes, I know that it is so, but how can a mortal be righteous before God?
- Job 14:1“Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble.
- Job 14:4Who can bring out clean from unclean? No one!
- Job 25:4How then can a man be just before God? How can one born of woman be pure?
- Psalms 14:2The LORD looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.
- Psalms 14:3All have turned away, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.
- Psalms 51:5Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.
- Psalms 143:2Do not bring Your servant into judgment, for no one alive is righteous before You.
- Proverbs 20:9Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure; I am cleansed from my sin”?
- Ecclesiastes 7:20Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
- Ecclesiastes 7:29Only this have I found: I have discovered that God made men upright, but they have sought out many schemes.”
- John 3:6Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.
- Romans 7:18I 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.
- Galatians 3:22But the Scripture pronounces all things confined by sin, so that by faith in Jesus Christ the promise might be given to those who believe.
- Ephesians 2:2in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience.
- 1 John 1:8If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
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