Job 25:6
How much less man, who is a worm! And the son of man, who is a worm!
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?
In Context
5Behold, even the moon has no brightness. And the stars are not pure in his sight.
Cross References
Genesis 18:27And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak to the Lord, who am but dust and ashes.
Job 7:17What is man, that thou should magnify him, and that thou should set thy mind upon him,
Isaiah 41:14Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel. I will help thee, says LORD, and thy Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
Matthew Henry on Job 25:2-6
God Exalted and Man Abased. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, 2 Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high places. 3 Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise? 4 How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman? 5 Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight. 6 How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm? Bildad is to be commended here… Read the whole commentary →