Job 25:5
Behold, even the moon hath no brightness, and the stars are not pure in His sight;
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 then can man be just with God? Or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?
6How much less man, that is a worm! and the son of man, that is a maggot!
Cross References
Job 4:18Behold, He putteth no trust in His servants, and His angels He chargeth with folly;
Job 14:1Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
Job 31:26If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;
Isaiah 60:19The sun shall be no more thy light by day, neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee; but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy 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 →