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What is man, that he should be clean? He who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
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No One is Naturally Righteous
Commentators agree that Eliphaz's question highlights a fundamental biblical truth: the doctrine of original sin. No person, described as one 'born of a woman,' is inherently clean or righteous before a holy God. This universal condition of sinfulness is a recurring theme throughout Scripture.
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Job
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18th Century
Presbyterian
What is man that he should be clean? - The object of Eliphaz in this is to overturn Job's positions that he was righteous and had b…
19th Century
Anglican
What is man? This is the ceaseless burden. (Job 9:2; Job 25:4, etc.)
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
What [is] man, that he should be clean ? &c.] Frail, feeble, mortal man, or woeful man, as Mr. Broughton renders it;…
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Eliphaz begins a second attack on Job, instead of being softened by his complaints. He unjustly charges Job with casting off the fear of God, all r…
13th Century
Catholic
After Eliphaz had censured Job for provoking God to an argument, which he thought amounted to a presumption of wisdom, he now censures him for a pr…
