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What is man ... What is he who is born

These two questions are basically the same and are used together to emphasize that a man cannot be perfect. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism)

What is man that he should be clean?

This rhetorical question is asked to emphasize that a man cannot be completely "clean." This can be written as a statement. Alternate translation: "A man, he cannot be completely clean." (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion)

clean

A person who God considers spiritually acceptable is spoken of as if the person were physically clean. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor)

What is he who is born of a woman that he should be righteous?

This rhetorical question is asked to emphasize that a man cannot be completely "righteous." This can be written as a statement. Alternate translation: "A man who is born from a woman cannot be completely righteous." (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion)