Job 25:5
If even the moon does not shine, and the stars are not pure in His sight,
Majority Standard Bible
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 a man be just before God? How can one born of woman be pure?
6how much less man, who is but a maggot, and the son of man, who is but a worm!”
Cross References
Job 4:18If God puts no trust in His servants, and He charges His angels with error,
Job 14:1“Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble.
Job 31:26if I have beheld the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor,
Isaiah 60:19No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your splendor.
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 →