Job 14:4

What does Job 14:4 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 14:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

If only a clean thing might come out of an unclean! But it is not possible.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Who giveth a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Who can make him clean that is conceived of unclean seed? is it not thou who only art?

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Who can bring a clean [man] out of the unclean? Not one!

Context

v.3And dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, And bringest me into judgment with thee?

v.4This passage

v.5Seeing his days are determined, The number of his months is with thee, And thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Job 15:14

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

  • Ephesians 2:3

    among whom we also all once lived in the lusts of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest:—

  • Romans 5:12

    Therefore, as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin; and so death passed unto all men, for that all sinned:—

  • Romans 8:8

    and they that are in the flesh cannot please God.

  • Luke 1:35

    And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Most High shall overshadow thee: wherefore also the holy thing which is begotten shall be called the Son of God.

  • John 3:6

    That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

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