Job 25:4
How then is it possible for man to be upright before God? or how may he be clean who is a son of woman?
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?
In Context
3Is it possible for his armies to be numbered? and on whom is not his light shining?
5See, even the moon is not bright, and the stars are not clean in his eyes:
Cross References
Job 4:17May a man be upright before God? or a man be clean before his Maker?
Job 9:2Truly, I see that it is so: and how is it possible for a man to get his right before God?
Job 14:3Is it on such a one as this that your eyes are fixed, with the purpose of judging him?
Psalms 51:5\51:3\For I am conscious of my error; my sin is ever before me.
Psalms 143:2Let not your servant come before you to be judged; for no man living is upright in your eyes.
Romans 3:19Now, we have knowledge that what the law says is for those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and all men may be judged by God:
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 →