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No one!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/job/14.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Who can bring purity out of an impure person? No one!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/14.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? There is not one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/14.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Who can bring out clean from unclean? No one!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/14.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Who can bring a clean <i>thing</i> out of an unclean? not one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/14.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Who can bring a clean <i>thing</i> out of an unclean? No one!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/14.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Who can make the clean out of the unclean? No one!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/14.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Who can make the clean out of the unclean? No one!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/14.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Who can make the clean out of the unclean? No one!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/14.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Who can make the clean out of the unclean? No one!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/14.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Who can make a clean thing out of the unclean? No one!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/14.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Who can produce something pure from what is impure? No one!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/14.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Who can produce something pure from what is impure? No one! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/14.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/14.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />There's no way a human can be completely pure. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/14.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/14.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"If only an unclean person could become clean! It's not possible. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/14.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Nothing clean can ever come from anything as unclean as human beings. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/14.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Who can produce a clean thing from an unclean thing? No one!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/14.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Who can bring out clean from unclean? No one!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/14.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Who can make a clean thing come from an unclean? No one! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/14.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Not one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/14.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/14.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Not one. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/14.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Who gives a clean thing out of an unclean? Not one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/14.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Who giveth a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/14.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For who shall give a clean thing from an unclean? Not one.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/14.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Who can make him clean that is conceived of unclean seed ? is it not thou who only art? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/14.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Who can make him clean who is conceived of unclean seed? Are you not the only one who can?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/14.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Can anyone make the unclean clean? No one can. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/14.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? No one can.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/14.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? No one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/14.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Who will render the pure from the defiled? Not even one!<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/14.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/14.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />For who shall be pure from uncleanness? not even one;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/14-4.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=2114" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/14.htm">Job Laments the Finality of Death</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">3</span>Do You open Your eyes to one like this? Will You bring him into judgment before You? <span class="reftext">4</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/4310.htm" title="4310: mî- (Interrog) -- An interrogative pronoun of persons, as mah is of things, who?; also whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix.">Who</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: yit·tên (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">can bring out</a> <a href="/hebrew/2889.htm" title="2889: ṭā·hō·wr (Adj-ms) -- Clean, pure. Or tahor; from taher; pure.">clean</a> <a href="/hebrew/2931.htm" title="2931: miṭ·ṭā·mê (Prep-m:: Adj-ms) -- Unclean. From tame'; foul in a relig. Sense.">from unclean?</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">No</a> <a href="/hebrew/259.htm" title="259: ’e·ḥāḏ (Number-ms) -- One. A numeral from 'achad; properly, united, i.e. One; or first.">one!</a> </span><span class="reftext">5</span>Since his days are determined and the number of his months is with You, and since You have set limits that he cannot exceed,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/51-5.htm">Psalm 51:5</a></span><br />Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/3-23.htm">Romans 3:23</a></span><br />for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/6-5.htm">Genesis 6:5</a></span><br />Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/17-9.htm">Jeremiah 17:9</a></span><br />The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/5-12.htm">Romans 5:12</a></span><br />Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/64-6.htm">Isaiah 64:6</a></span><br />Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/15-19.htm">Matthew 15:19</a></span><br />For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/1-8.htm">1 John 1:8</a></span><br />If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-20.htm">Ecclesiastes 7:20</a></span><br />Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/7-21.htm">Mark 7:21-23</a></span><br />For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, / greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness. / All these evils come from within, and these are what defile a man.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/7-18.htm">Romans 7:18</a></span><br />I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh; for I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/20-9.htm">Proverbs 20:9</a></span><br />Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure; I am cleansed from my sin”?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/2-3.htm">Ephesians 2:3</a></span><br />All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/8-21.htm">Genesis 8:21</a></span><br />When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/3-2.htm">James 3:2</a></span><br />We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to control his whole body.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.</p><p class="hdg">Who can bring.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/15-14.htm">Job 15:14</a></b></br> What <i>is</i> man, that he should be clean? and <i>he which is</i> born of a woman, that he should be righteous?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/25-4.htm">Job 25:4-6</a></b></br> How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean <i>that is</i> born of a woman? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/5-3.htm">Genesis 5:3</a></b></br> And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat <i>a son</i> in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:</p><p class="hdg">a clean</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/1-35.htm">Luke 1:35</a></b></br> And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/11-4.htm">Clean</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/23-9.htm">Impure</a> <a href="/job/9-2.htm">Possible</a> <a href="/job/11-4.htm">Pure</a> <a href="/nehemiah/7-64.htm">Unclean</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/15-14.htm">Clean</a> <a href="/job/15-16.htm">Impure</a> <a href="/job/22-2.htm">Possible</a> <a href="/job/15-14.htm">Pure</a> <a href="/job/15-16.htm">Unclean</a><div class="vheading2">Job 14</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/14-1.htm">Job entreats God for favor, by the shortness of life, and certainty of death</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/14-7.htm">He waits for his change</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/14-16.htm">By sin the creature is subject to corruption</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/14.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/14.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Who can bring out clean from unclean?</b><br>This phrase reflects the human condition of sin and impurity. In the context of Job, it underscores the belief that humanity is inherently flawed and cannot achieve purity on its own. This idea is consistent with the broader biblical narrative that emphasizes the fallen nature of humanity, as seen in <a href="/genesis/3.htm">Genesis 3</a> with the fall of Adam and Eve. The rhetorical question highlights the impossibility of achieving righteousness through human effort alone. This theme is echoed in <a href="/isaiah/64-6.htm">Isaiah 64:6</a>, where human righteousness is compared to "filthy rags," and in <a href="/romans/3-23.htm">Romans 3:23</a>, which states that "all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God."<p><b>No one!</b><br>The emphatic answer underscores the absolute nature of human inability to purify itself. This aligns with the doctrine of original sin, which suggests that all humans inherit a sinful nature. The phrase points to the necessity of divine intervention for purification, foreshadowing the need for a savior. In the New Testament, this is fulfilled in Jesus Christ, who is seen as the only one capable of cleansing humanity from sin, as stated in 1 <a href="/john/1-7.htm">John 1:7</a>, "the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin." This also connects to the sacrificial system in the Old Testament, where only through sacrifice could atonement be made, prefiguring Christ's ultimate sacrifice.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>A man described as blameless and upright, who feared God and shunned evil. He is the central figure in the Book of Job, known for his immense suffering and his quest for understanding God's justice.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/u/uz.htm">Uz</a></b><br>The land where Job lived. It is often associated with the region east of Israel, possibly in Edom or northern Arabia.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/job's_suffering.htm">Job's Suffering</a></b><br>The context of Job's lament in chapter 14 is his profound suffering and his struggle to comprehend the nature of human existence and purity in the sight of God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/h/human_inability_to_achieve_purity.htm">Human Inability to Achieve Purity</a></b><br><a href="/job/14-4.htm">Job 14:4</a> underscores the biblical truth that humans, in their fallen state, cannot produce purity on their own. This should lead to humility and reliance on God's grace.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_need_for_divine_intervention.htm">The Need for Divine Intervention</a></b><br>The rhetorical question in <a href="/job/14-4.htm">Job 14:4</a> points to the necessity of God's intervention for cleansing. Believers are reminded of the cleansing power of Jesus' blood.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/acknowledging_our_sinful_nature.htm">Acknowledging Our Sinful Nature</a></b><br>Recognizing our inherent impurity is the first step toward repentance and seeking God's forgiveness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_christ's_redemption.htm">Hope in Christ's Redemption</a></b><br>While Job laments the impossibility of bringing clean from unclean, the New Testament reveals that through Christ, what is impossible for man is possible with God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_a_life_of_repentance_and_faith.htm">Living a Life of Repentance and Faith</a></b><br>Understanding our need for God's cleansing should lead to a lifestyle of continual repentance and faith in Jesus' redemptive work.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_14.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 14</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_job_14_4_align_with_atonement.htm">In Job 14:4, how can anyone be made pure from something impure without contradicting other biblical texts about atonement and redemption? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_should_wives_treat_husbands_biblically.htm">What is Satan's role according to the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_amos_teach_about_justice.htm">What does 'ceremonially unclean' mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_inherited_sin_at_birth_valid.htm">Psalm 51:5 – How can one be considered sinful at birth, and is there any scientific or historical basis for the concept of inherited sin? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/14.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(4) <span class= "bld">Who can bring a clean thing . . .</span>--How can man be clean that is born of woman, who is unclean? This question is reiterated by Bildad (<a href="/job/25-4.htm" title="How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?">Job 25:4</a>). We ought perhaps, however, rather to render "Oh, that the clean could come forth from the unclean! but none can."<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/14.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 4.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean?</span> not one. It is scarcely true to say that "the fact of original sin is thus distinctly recognized" ('Speaker's Commentary,' vol. 4. p. 61). Original uncleanness and infirmity are recognized; but the uncleanness is material, and removable by material expiation (<a href="/leviticus/12-2.htm">Leviticus 12:2-8</a>). It is rather man's weakness than his sinfulness that is here under discussion. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/14-4.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Who</span><br /><span class="heb">מִֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(mî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interrogative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4310.htm">Strong's 4310: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix</span><br /><br /><span class="word">can bring</span><br /><span class="heb">יִתֵּ֣ן</span> <span class="translit">(yit·tên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> </span><span class="str2">To give, put, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">clean</span><br /><span class="heb">טָ֭הוֹר</span> <span class="translit">(ṭā·hō·wr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2889.htm">Strong's 2889: </a> </span><span class="str2">Clean, pure</span><br /><br /><span class="word">out of unclean?</span><br /><span class="heb">מִטָּמֵ֗א</span> <span class="translit">(miṭ·ṭā·mê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2931.htm">Strong's 2931: </a> </span><span class="str2">Unclean</span><br /><br /><span class="word">No</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">one!</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶחָֽד׃</span> <span class="translit">(’e·ḥāḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_259.htm">Strong's 259: </a> </span><span class="str2">United, one, first</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/14-4.htm">Job 14:4 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/14-4.htm">Job 14:4 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/14-4.htm">Job 14:4 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/14-4.htm">Job 14:4 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/14-4.htm">Job 14:4 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/14-4.htm">Job 14:4 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/14-4.htm">Job 14:4 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/14-4.htm">Job 14:4 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/14-4.htm">Job 14:4 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/14-4.htm">Job 14:4 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/14-4.htm">OT Poetry: Job 14:4 Who can bring a clean thing out (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/14-3.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 14:3"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 14:3" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/14-5.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 14:5"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 14:5" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>