Job 25:6
How much less man that is rottenness and the son of man who is a worm?
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 doth not shine, and the stars are not pure in his sight.
Cross References
Genesis 18:27And Abraham answered, and said: Seeing I have once begun, I will speak to my Lord, whereas I am dust and ashes.
Job 7:17What is a man that thou shouldst magnify him? or why dost thou set thy heart upon him?
Isaiah 41:14Fear not, thou worm of Jacob, you that are dead of Israel: I have helped thee, saith the Lord: and thy 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 →