Job 25:5
If he gives an order to the moon, then it shines not; and the stars are not pure before him.
Brenton Septuagint
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
4For how shall a mortal be just before the Lord? or who that is born of a woman shall purify himself?
6But alas! man is corruption, and the son of man a worm.
Cross References
Job 4:18Whereas he trusts not in his servants, and perceives perverseness in his angels.
Job 14:1For a mortal born of a woman is short-lived, and full of wrath.
Job 31:26(do we not see the shining sun eclipsed, and the moon waning? for they have not power to continue:)
Isaiah 60:19+ 60:19 Rev. 21. 23-27. And thou shalt no more have the sun for a light by day, nor shall the rising of the moon lighten thy night; but the Lord shall be thine everlasting light, and God 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 →