Job 25:4
And howe may a man be iustified with God? or how can he be cleane, that is borne of woman?
Geneva Bible 1599
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 nomber in his armies? and vpon whom shall not his light arise?
5Behold, he wil giue no light to the moone, and the starres are vncleane in his sight.
Cross References
Job 4:17Shall man be more iust then God? or shall a man be more pure then his maker?
Job 9:2I knowe verily that it is so: for howe should man compared vnto God, be iustified?
Job 14:3And yet thou openest thine eyes vpon such one, and causest me to enter into iudgement with thee.
Psalms 51:5Beholde, I was borne in iniquitie, and in sinne hath my mother conceiued me.
Psalms 143:2(And enter not into iudgement with thy seruant: for in thy sight shall none that liueth, be iustified)
Romans 3:19Now we know that whatsoeuer ye Lawe saieth, it saieth it to them which are vnder ye Law, that euery mouth may bee stopped, and all the world be subiect to the iudgement of 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 →