Job 25:4

Is it right for man to compare himself to God, or to appear pure though he is born of woman?

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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 there any limit to the number of his soldiers or to the number of those over whom his light rises?

5Behold, even the moon is not radiant, and the stars are not pure, in his sight.

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Cross References

Job 4:17Should man be justified in relation to God, or will a man be more pure than his Maker?

Job 9:2Truly, I know that it is so, and that man cannot be justified compared with God.

Job 14:3And do you consider it fitting to look down with your eyes on someone in this way and to lead him into judgment with you?

Psalms 51:5You have loved malice above goodness, and iniquity more than speaking righteousness.

Psalms 143:2My mercy and my refuge, my supporter and my deliverer, my protector and him in whom I have hoped: he subdues my people under me.

Romans 3:19But we know that whatever the law speaks, it speaks to those who are in the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the entire world may be subject to 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 →

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