Job 14:4 · KJV
“Who can bring a clean {thing} out of an unclean? not one. {can...: Heb. will give}”
— Job 14:4
And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?
Seeing his days {are} determined, the number of his months {are} with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
Job 14 — Context
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
3And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?
4Who can bring a clean {thing} out of an unclean? not one. {can...: Heb. will give}
5Seeing his days {are} determined, the number of his months {are} with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
6Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day. {rest: Heb. cease}
Cross References
John 3:6
That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Job 15:14
What {is} man, that he should be clean? and {he which is} born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
Romans 8:8-9
So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
Ephesians 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. {desires: Gr. wills}
Luke 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.
Job 25:4-6
How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean {that is} born of a woman?
Psalms 51:5
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. {conceive...: Heb. warm me}
Romans 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: {for that: or, in whom}