King James Version
Job 14:4 in the King James Version says “Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one. can: Heb. will give” — study this verse from Job chapter 14 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one. can: Heb. will give”
Job 14:4 · KJV
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one. can: Heb. will give
Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day. rest: Heb. cease
KJV Study — Public Domain
who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
“Who can bring”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
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