Job 25:6
How much less man who is an insect, and the son of man who is a worm!
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?
In Context
5See, even the moon is not bright, and the stars are not clean in his eyes:
Cross References
Genesis 18:27And Abraham answering said, Truly, I who am only dust, have undertaken to put my thoughts before the Lord:
Job 7:17What is man, that you have made him great, and that your attention is fixed on him,
Isaiah 41:14Have no fear, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel; I will be your helper, says the Lord, even he who takes up your cause, 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 →