17  ^l‘Can mortal man be in the right before¹ God?

Can a man be pure before his Maker?

4  ^lWho can bring a clean thing out of an unclean?

There is not one.

14  ^cWhat is man, that he can be pure?

Or he who is born of a woman, ^dthat he can be righteous?

4  ^qHow then can man be in the right before God?

How can he who is born of woman be pure?