Job 25:6
Is man much more than rottenness and the son of man much more than worms?
Catholic Public Domain 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 is not radiant, and the stars are not pure, in his sight.
Cross References
Genesis 18:27And Abraham responded by saying: “Since now I have begun, I will speak to my Lord, though I am dust and ashes.
Job 7:17What is man, that you should praise him? Or why do you place your heart near him?
Isaiah 41:14Fear not, O worm of Jacob, you who are dead within Israel. I have helped you, says the Lord, your Redeemer, 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 →