Job 15:14
Modern Translations
New International Version
"What are mortals, that they could be pure, or those born of woman, that they could be righteous?

New Living Translation
Can any mortal be pure? Can anyone born of a woman be just?

English Standard Version
What is man, that he can be pure? Or he who is born of a woman, that he can be righteous?

Berean Study Bible
What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?

New American Standard Bible
“What is man, that he would be pure, Or he who is born of a woman, that he would be righteous?

NASB 1995
"What is man, that he should be pure, Or he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

NASB 1977
“What is man, that he should be pure, Or he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

Amplified Bible
“What is man, that he should be pure and clean, Or he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous and just?

Christian Standard Bible
What is a mere human, that he should be pure, or one born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?

Contemporary English Version
No human is pure and innocent,

Good News Translation
Can any human being be really pure? Can anyone be right with God?

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Why should a mortal be considered faultless or someone born of a woman be considered righteous?

International Standard Version
"What is mankind, that he can be blameless? Or does being born of a woman mean he'll be in the right?

NET Bible
What is man that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?
Classic Translations
King James Bible
What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

New King James Version
“What is man, that he could be pure? And he who is born of a woman, that he could be righteous?

King James 2000 Bible
What is man, that he should be clean? and he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

Webster's Bible Translation
What is man, that he should be clean? and he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
What is man, that he should be cleane? and he that is borne of woman, that he shoulde be iust?

Bishops' Bible of 1568
What is man, that he should be cleane? and he which is borne of a woman, whereby he might be righteous?

Coverdale Bible of 1535
What is man, that he shulde be vncleane? what hath he (which is borne of a woman) wherby he might be knowne to be rightuous?
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
What [is] man that he is pure, "" And that he is righteous, one born of woman?

Young's Literal Translation
What is man that he is pure, And that he is righteous, one born of woman?

Smith's Literal Translation
What is man that he will be clean? and that he will be just, being born of woman?

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
What is man that he should be without spot, and he that is born of a woman that he should appear just?

Catholic Public Domain Version
What is man that he should be immaculate, and that he should appear just, having been born of woman?

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Who is the man who is innocent, or who born of woman is going to be justified?

Lamsa Bible
What is man, that he should be innocent? Or he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
What is man, that he should be clean? And he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

Brenton Septuagint Translation
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?
















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