Job 15:16 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?”
Job 15:16 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Job 15:16 in 6 Bible Translations
Read Job 15:16 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Job 15:16 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“how much less one who is abominable and corrupt, a man who drinks iniquity like water!”
Job 15:16 — World English Bible
Job 15:16 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“How much less one that is abominable and corrupt, A man that drinketh iniquity like water! ”
Job 15:16 — American Standard Version
Job 15:16 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Also--surely abominable and filthy Is man drinking as water perverseness.”
Job 15:16 — Young's Literal Translation
Job 15:16 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“How much less the abominable and corrupt, — man, that drinketh unrighteousness like water! ”
Job 15:16 — Darby Translation
Job 15:16 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“How much more is man abominable, and filthie, which drinketh iniquitie like water?”
Job 15:16 — Geneva Bible
Job 15:16 in Context — Job 15
14 What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
15 Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.
16 How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?
17 I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare;
18 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:
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What Does Job 15:16 Mean?
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