“What is man, that he should be clean? What is he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?”
— WEB
Job 15:14
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“What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?”
— KJV
“What is man, that he should be clean? And he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?”
— ASV
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Commentary
Eliphaz repeats the revelation (Job 4:17) in substance, but using Job's own words (see on Job 14:1, on "born of a woman") to strike him with his own weapons.
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
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