(A)He comes forth like a flower and fades away;
He flees like a shadow and does not continue.
And (B)do You open Your eyes on such a one,
And (C)bring [a]me to judgment with Yourself?
Who (D)can bring a clean thing out of an unclean?
No one!

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Footnotes

  1. Job 14:3 LXX, Syr., Vg. him

He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

And doth 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.

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They spring up like flowers(A) and wither away;(B)
    like fleeting shadows,(C) they do not endure.(D)
Do you fix your eye on them?(E)
    Will you bring them[a] before you for judgment?(F)
Who can bring what is pure(G) from the impure?(H)
    No one!(I)

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  1. Job 14:3 Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; Hebrew me