Job 15:14

Hebrew
ESV
What is man, that he can be pure? Or he who is born of a woman, that he can be righteous?
NIV
“What is man, that he could be pure, or one born of woman, that he could be righteous?
NLT
Can any mortal be pure? Can anyone born of a woman be just?
LXX
τίς γὰρ ὢνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigεἰμί

greek

εἰμί is the first person singular verb for “to be” (εἶναι [the infinitive form] = “to be”).

It an irregular verb, and, like English, changes significantly between person and tense. For example εἰμί is the word for am and ἦν is the word for was, e.g.
βροτός ὅτι ἔσταιplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigεἰμί

greek

εἰμί is the first person singular verb for “to be” (εἶναι [the infinitive form] = “to be”).

It an irregular verb, and, like English, changes significantly between person and tense. For example εἰμί is the word for am and ἦν is the word for was, e.g.
ἄμεμπτος ὡς ἐσόμενοςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigεἰμί

greek

εἰμί is the first person singular verb for “to be” (εἶναι [the infinitive form] = “to be”).

It an irregular verb, and, like English, changes significantly between person and tense. For example εἰμί is the word for am and ἦν is the word for was, e.g.
δίκαιος γεννητὸς γυναικός
KJV
What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

Job 15:13 ← Job 15:14 → Job 15:15

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