King James Version
Job 15:16 in the King James Version says “How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?” — study this verse from Job chapter 15 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?”
Job 15:16 · KJV
What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.
How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?
I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare;
Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:
KJV Study — Public Domain
meaning accession (used as an adverb or conjunction); also or yea; adversatively though
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“and filthy”
H444to muddle, i.e., (figuratively and intransitive) to turn (morally) corrupt
“is man”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
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