Job 14:4
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- 10 The expression is מִי־יִתֵּן (mi-yitten, “who will give”; see §151.b). Some commentators (H. H. Rowley and A. B. Davidson) wish to take this as the optative formula: “O that a clean might come out of an unclean!” But that does not fit the verse very well, and still requires the addition of a verb. The exclamation here simply implies something impossible—man is unable to attain purity.
- 11 The point being made is that the entire human race is contaminated by sin, and therefore cannot produce something pure. In this context, since man is born of woman, it is saying that the woman and the man who is brought forth from her are impure. See Ps 51:5; Isa 6:5; and Gen 6:5.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean?
There is not one.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Who can bring what is pure from the impure?
No one!
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Who can produce something pure from what is impure?
No one!
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Who can bring purity out of an impure person?
No one!
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
“Who can bring a clean thing from an unclean thing?
No one!
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KJV 1900King James Version
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean?
Not one.
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