Job 25:5
Behold, even as regardeth the moon, that is not bright; yea, the stars are not pure in his eyes.
Leeser Tanakh
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 justified with God? or how can be one that is born of woman?
6How much less the mortal, the mere worm? and the son of earth, the mere maggot?
Cross References
Job 4:18Behold, in his servants he putteth no trust, and his angels he chargeth with folly:
Job 14:1Man born of a woman is short of days, and sated with harrowing trouble.
Job 31:26If ever I looked at the light [of the sun] when he shone brightly and on the moon walking in splendor:
Isaiah 60:19The sun shall not be unto thee any more for a light by day, and for brightness shall the moon not give light unto thee; but the Lord will be unto thee for a light of everlasting, and thy God as 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 →