Job 15:14
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What is man that he should be without spot, and he that is born of a woman that he should appear just?

is man

Job 9:2 Indeed I know it is so, and that man cannot be justified, compared with God.

Job 14:4 Who can make him clean that is conceived of unclean seed? is it not thou who only art?

Job 25:4-6 Can man be justified compared with God, or he that is born of a woman appear clean? . . .

1 Kings 8:46 But if they sin against thee, (for there is no man who sinneth not) and thou being angry, deliver them up to their enemies, so that they be led away captives into the land of their enemies, far or near;

2 Chronicles 6:36 And if they sin against thee (for there is no man that sinneth not) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them up to their enemies, and they lead them away captive to a land either afar off, or near at hand,

Psalm 14:3 They are all gone aside, they are become unprofitable together: there is none that doth good: no not one. Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they acted deceitfully: the poison of asps is under their lips. Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness; their feet are swift to shed blood. Destruction and unhappiness in their ways; and the way of peace they have not known: there is no fear of God before their eyes.

Psalm 51:5 For behold I was conceived in iniquities; and in sins did my mother conceive me.

Proverbs 20:9 Who can say: My heart is clean, I am pure from sin?

Ecclesiastes 7:20,29 For there is no just man upon earth, that doth good, and sinneth not. . . .

John 3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh: and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

Romans 7:18 For I know that there dwelleth not in me, that is to say, in my flesh, that which is good. For to will is present with me: but to accomplish that which is good, I find not.

Galatians 3:22 But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise, by the faith of Jesus Christ, might be given to them that believe.

Ephesians 2:2,3 Wherein in time past you walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of this air, of the spirit that now worketh on the children of unbelief: . . .

1 John 1:8-10 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. . . .

Context
Eliphaz: Job Does Not Fear God
13Why doth thy spirit swell against God, to utter such words out of thy mouth? 14What is man that he should be without spot, and he that is born of a woman that he should appear just?15Behold among his saints none is unchangeable, and the heavens are not pure in his sight.…
Cross References
1 John 1:8
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.

1 John 1:10
If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar: and his word is not in us.

2 Chronicles 6:36
And if they sin against thee (for there is no man that sinneth not) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them up to their enemies, and they lead them away captive to a land either afar off, or near at hand,

Job 14:4
Who can make him clean that is conceived of unclean seed? is it not thou who only art?

Job 15:13
Why doth thy spirit swell against God, to utter such words out of thy mouth?

Job 25:4
Can man be justified compared with God, or he that is born of a woman appear clean?

Psalm 51:5
For behold I was conceived in iniquities; and in sins did my mother conceive me.

Proverbs 20:9
Who can say: My heart is clean, I am pure from sin?

Ecclesiastes 7:20
For there is no just man upon earth, that doth good, and sinneth not.

Lexicon
What
מָֽה־ (māh-)
Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

is man,
אֱנ֥וֹשׁ (’ĕ·nō·wōš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 582: Man, mankind

that
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

he should be pure,
יִזְכֶּ֑ה (yiz·keh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2135: To be translucent, to be innocent

or one born
יְל֣וּד (yə·lūḏ)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage

of woman,
אִשָּֽׁה׃ (’iš·šāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 802: Woman, wife, female

that
וְכִֽי־ (wə·ḵî-)
Conjunctive waw | Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

he should be righteous?
יִ֝צְדַּ֗ק (yiṣ·daq)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6663: To be just or righteous


Additional Translations
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 clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

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

For who, being a mortal, is such that he shall be blameless? or, who that is born of a woman, that he should be just?

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

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

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

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

What is man that he is pure, And that he is righteous, one born of woman?
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