Job 25:5
If in God's eyes even the moon does not shine brightly, and the stars are not pure,
Free Bible Version
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
4How can a human being be right before God? Can anyone born of woman be pure?
6how much less a human being—who by comparison is like a maggot or a worm!”
Cross References
Job 4:18If he doesn't even trust his servants, and he says his angels make mistakes,
Job 14:1“Life is short and full of trouble,
Job 31:26Have I looked at the sun shining so brilliantly or the moon moving in majesty across the sky
Isaiah 60:19You won't need the light of the sun during the day, or the light of the moon at night, for the Lord your God will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your 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 →