Job 25:6
How much less man—a grub, || And the son of man—a worm!”
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?
In Context
5Behold—to the moon, and it does not shine, || And stars have not been pure in His eyes.
Cross References
Genesis 18:27And Abraham answers and says, “Now behold, I have willed to speak to the Lord, and I [am] dust and ashes;
Job 7:17What [is] man that You magnify him? And that You set Your heart to him?
Isaiah 41:14Do not fear, O worm Jacob, || You men of Israel, || I helped you, a declaration of YHWH, || Even your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
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 →