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“Like a flower he comes forth and withers;
He also flees like a shadow and does not remain.

“You also open Your eyes upon him
And bring him into judgment with Yourself.

“Who can make a clean thing out of the unclean?
No one!(A)

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He comes out like (A)a flower and (B)withers;
    he flees like (C)a shadow and continues not.
And do you (D)open your eyes on such a one
    and (E)bring me into judgment with you?
Who can bring (F)a clean thing out of an unclean?
    There is 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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Footnotes

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