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Job 15:14

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

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מָֽהmahhowמָהparticle, interrogative — “how”H4100properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senseshow (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.אֱנ֥וֹשׁenoshmanאֱנוֹשׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “man”, the ordinary formH582a man in general (singly or collectively)another, [idiom] (blood-) thirsty, certain, chap(-man); divers, fellow, [idiom] in the flower of their age, husband, (certain, mortal) man, people, person, servant, some ([idiom] of them), [phrase] stranger, those, [phrase] their trade. It…כִּֽיkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…יִזְכֶּ֑הyizkehbe cleanזָכָהverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “be clean”, an unfinished actionH2135to be translucent; figuratively, to be innocentbe (make) clean, cleanse, be clear, count pure.וְכִֽיvekhiand assuredכִּיconjunction, conjunction — “and assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…יִ֝צְדַּ֗קyitsdaqcleanseצָדַקverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “cleanse”, an unfinished actionH6663to be (causatively, make) right (in a moral or forensic sense)cleanse, clear self, (be, do) just(-ice, -ify, -ify self), (be turn to) righteous(-ness).יְל֣וּדyeludbearיָלַדverb, qal, passive participle, construct — “bear”, a verb used as a describing wordH3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineagebear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (wom…אִשָּֽׁהishaheachאִשָּׁהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “each”, the ordinary formH802a woman(adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

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

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

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?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Τίς γὰρ ὢν βροτὸς, ὅτι ἔσται ἅμεμπτος; ἢ ὡς ἐσόμενος δίκαιος γεννητὸς γυναικός;

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

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Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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