# Job 14.4

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**Book:** [Job](/codex/job/) · ASV / WEB / KJV / YLT

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 2. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. 3. And dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, And bringest me into judgment with thee?
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> **4. Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.**
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> 5. Seeing his days are determined, The number of his months is with thee, And thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; 6. Look away from him, that he may rest, Till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day. (Job 14:2-6, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 2. He grows up like a flower, and is cut down. He also flees like a shadow, and doesn’t continue. 3. Do you open your eyes on such a one, and bring me into judgment with you?
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> **4. Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Not one.**
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> 5. Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months is with you, and you have appointed his bounds that he can’t pass; 6. Look away from him, that he may rest, until he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day. (Job 14:2-6, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 2. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. 3. And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?
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> **4. Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one. <sup>can: Heb. will give</sup>**
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> 5. Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; 6. Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day. <sup>rest: Heb. cease</sup> (Job 14:2-6, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 2. As a flower he hath gone forth, and is cut off, And he fleeth as a shadow and standeth not. 3. Also, on this Thou hast opened Thine eyes, And dost bring me into judgment with Thee.
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> **4. Who giveth a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.**
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> 5. If determined are his days, The number of his months [are] with Thee, His limit Thou hast made, And he passeth not over; 6. Look away from off him that he may cease, Till he enjoy as an hireling his day. (Job 14:2-6, YLT)

## Setting

- **Speaker:** narrator + Job + friends + LORD (multi-voiced dialogue)
- **Audience:** wisdom-tradition Israel
- **Location:** land of Uz (Edomite region)
- **Time period:** events possibly patriarchal-era; composed unclear, likely c. 1500-500 BC

## Theological reading

## Key words

- [H0259 - echad](/codex/h0259-echad/), *echad* (Strong's H259). Also appears in: [Genesis 2.24](/codex/genesis-2-24/), [Genesis 3](/codex/genesis-3/), [Genesis 10.25](/codex/genesis-10-25/).

## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.

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## Quoted in

**Concepts:**

- [Mary Sinless](/codex/mary-sinless/)
- [Original Sin](/codex/original-sin/)

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