Job 25:6
But alas! man is corruption, 1 And the son of man a worm.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?
In Context
5If he gives an order to the moon, then it shines not; 1 And the stars are not pure before him. 1
Cross References
Genesis 18:27And Abraham answered and said, Now I have begun to speak to my Lord, and I am earth and ashes.
Job 7:17For what is man, that thou hast magnified him? 1 Or that thou givest heed to him? 1
Isaiah 41:14Fear not, Jacob, and thou Israel few in number; I have helped thee, saith thy God, he that redeems thee, O 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 →