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OET (OET-RV) What person could ever be pure,
⇔ ≈and how could someone born from a woman be righteous?
OET-LV What [is]_a_person (cmp) he_will_be_pure and_because/when he_will_be_righteous [one]_born of_a_woman.
UHB מָֽה־אֱנ֥וֹשׁ כִּֽי־יִזְכֶּ֑ה וְכִֽי־יִ֝צְדַּ֗ק יְל֣וּד אִשָּֽׁה׃ ‡
(māh-ʼₑnōsh kiy-yizkeh vəkiy-yiʦdaq yəlūd ʼishshāh.)
Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
BrLXX Τίς γὰρ ὢν βροτὸς, ὅτι ἔσται ἅμεμπτος; ἢ ὡς ἐσόμενος δίκαιος γεννητὸς γυναικός;
(Tis gar ōn brotos, hoti estai hamemptos; aʸ hōs esomenos dikaios gennaʸtos gunaikos; )
BrTr 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?
ULT What is man, that he should be pure,
⇔ or that one born of a woman should be righteous?
UST No human being can be sinless.
⇔ No one on this earth can be completely righteous.
BSB ⇔ What is man, that he should be pure,
⇔ or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?
OEB What is man that he should be clean,
⇔ Or just – one of woman born?
WEBBE What is man, that he should be clean?
⇔ What is he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
WMBB (Same as above)
NET What is man that he should be pure,
⇔ or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?
LSV What [is] man that he is pure,
And that he is righteous, one born of woman?
FBV Who can say they are clean? Which human being can say that they do what is right?
T4T ⇔ “◄How can any person, including you, be sinless?/No person, including you, can be sinless.► [RHQ]
⇔ ◄How can anyone on the earth be completely righteous?/No one on the earth can be completely righteous.► [RHQ]
LEB • is a human being, that he can be clean, or[fn] that one born of a woman can be righteous?
15:1 Or “and”
BBE What is man, that he may be clean? and how may the son of woman be upright?
Moff No Moff JOB book available
JPS What is man, that he should be clean? And he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
ASV What is man, that he should be clean?
⇔ And he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
DRA What is man that he should be without spot, and he that is born of a woman that he should appear just?
YLT What [is] man that he is pure, And that he is righteous, one born of woman?
Drby What is man, that he should be pure? and he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
RV What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
Wbstr What is man, that he should be clean? and he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
KJB-1769 What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
KJB-1611 [fn]What is man, that he should be cleane? and he which is borne of a woman, that he should be righteous?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)
15:14 Chap.14. 4. 1.king. 8. 46. 2.chron. 6.36. psal. 14.3. prou. 20.9. 1.iohn 1.8.
Bshps What is man, that he should be cleane? and he which is borne of a woman, whereby he might be righteous?
(What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, whereby he might be righteous?)
Gnva What is man, that he should be cleane? and he that is borne of woman, that he shoulde be iust?
(What is man, that he should be clean? and he that is born of woman, that he should be just? )
Cvdl 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?
(What is man, that he should be unclean? what hath/has he (which is born of a woman) wherby he might be known to be rightuous?)
Wycl What is a man, that he be with out wem, and that he borun of a womman appere iust?
(What is a man, that he be with out wem, and that he born of a woman appere just?)
Luth Was ist ein Mensch, daß er sollte rein sein, und daß der sollte gerecht sein, der vom Weibe geboren ist?
(What is a Mensch, that he sollte rein sein, and that the/of_the sollte gerecht sein, the/of_the from_the Weibe geboren ist?)
ClVg Quid est homo ut immaculatus sit, et ut justus appareat natus de muliere?[fn]
(What it_is human as immaculatus let_it_be, and as justus appareat natus about muliere? )
15.14 Quid est homo? Eo ipso quod dicitur homo, terrenus exprimitur et infirmus. Ab humo enim appellatus est. Et ut justus appareat natus, etc. Quomodo enim justus appareat, qui de illa natus est, quæ injustitiæ propinatrix exstitit? prima quippe viro injustitiam mulier propinavit in paradiso.
15.14 What it_is homo? Eo ipso that it_is_said homo, terrenus exprimitur and infirmus. Ab humo because appellatus it_is. And as justus appareat natus, etc. Quomodo because justus appareat, who about that natus it_is, which injustitiæ propinatrix exstitit? the_first quippe to_the_man injustitiam mulier propinavit in paradiso.
15:14 Can any mortal be pure? Eliphaz repeated himself (4:17-19) and Job (7:17; 14:4).
• anyone born of a woman: Both “mortal” and “born of woman” imply weakness.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
מָֽה־אֱנ֥וֹשׁ כִּֽי־יִזְכֶּ֑ה וְכִֽי־יִ֝צְדַּ֗ק יְל֣וּד אִשָּֽׁה
what ʼEnōshh that/for/because/then/when pure and=because/when righteous born woman/wife
Eliphaz is using the question form for emphasis. If you would not use the question form for that purpose in your language, you could translate this as a statement or as an exclamation. Alternate translation: “Man cannot be clean! No, one born of a woman cannot be righteous!”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations
אֱנ֥וֹשׁ
ʼEnōshh
Here the masculine term man has a generic sense that includes both men and women. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could use language in your translation that is clearly inclusive of both men and women. Alternate translation: “a human being”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
יִזְכֶּ֑ה
pure
Eliphaz is speaking as if people who are innocent of wrongdoing are literally clean. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “he should be innocent”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
יְל֣וּד אִשָּֽׁה
born woman/wife
If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “someone to whom a woman has given birth”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
יְל֣וּד אִשָּֽׁה
born woman/wife
Eliphaz is speaking of human mortality by association with the way that people are born physically and, by implication, will also die. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “a mortal”