Job 25:4
And what? Is man righteous with God? And what? Is he pure—born of a woman?
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?
In Context
3Is there [any] number to His troops? And on whom does His light not arise?
5Behold—to the moon, and it does not shine, || And stars have not been pure in His eyes.
Cross References
Job 4:17Is mortal man more righteous than God? Is a man cleaner than his Maker?
Job 9:2“Truly I have known that [it is] so, || But how is man righteous with God?
Job 14:3Also—on this You have opened Your eyes, and bring me into judgment with You.
Psalms 51:5Behold, I have been brought forth in iniquity, || And my mother conceives me in sin.
Psalms 143:2And do not enter into judgment with Your servant, || For no one living is justified before You.
Romans 3:19And we have known that as many things as the Law says, to those in the Law it speaks, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may come under judgment to God;
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 →