Job 25:4
How then can man be righteous with God? 1 How can he who is born of a woman be clean, acceptable to him? 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
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 end to the number of his armies? 1 Upon whom does his light not shine? 1
5See, even the moon has no brightness to him; 1 the stars are not pure in his sight. 1
Cross References
Job 4:17“Can a mortal man be more righteous than God? 1 Can a man be more pure than his Maker? 1
Job 9:2“I truly know that this is so. 1 But how can a person be in the right with God? 1
Job 14:3Do you look at any of these? 1 Do you bring me into judgment with you? 1
Psalms 51:5See, I was born in iniquity; 1 as soon as my mother conceived me, I was in sin. 1
Psalms 143:2Do not enter into judgment with your servant, 1 for in your sight no one is righteous. 1
Romans 3:19Now we know that whatever the law says, it speaks to the ones who are under the law. This is in order that every mouth may be shut, and the whole world held accountable 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 →