Job 25:5
Behold even the moon doth not shine, and the stars are not pure in his sight.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.
In Context
4Can man be justified compared with God, or he that is born of a woman appear clean?
6How much less man that is rottenness and the son of man who is a worm?
Cross References
Job 4:18Behold they that serve him are not steadfast, and in his angels he found wickedness:
Job 14:1Man born of a woman, living for a short time, is filled with many miseries.
Job 31:26If I beheld the sun when it shined, and the moon going in brightness:
Isaiah 60:19Thou shalt no more have the sun for thy light by day, neither shall the brightness of the moon enlighten thee: but the Lord shall be unto thee for an everlasting light, and thy God for thy glory.
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 →