Job 25:5
Behold, he wil giue no light to the moone, and the starres are vncleane in his sight.
Geneva Bible 1599
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
4And howe may a man be iustified with God? or how can he be cleane, that is borne of woman?
6How much more man, a worme, euen the sonne of man, which is but a worme?
Cross References
Job 4:18Beholde, he founde no stedfastnesse in his Seruants, and laid follie vpon his Angels.
Job 14:1Man that is borne of woman, is of short continuance, and full of trouble.
Job 31:26If I did behold the sunne, when it shined, or the moone, walking in her brightnes,
Isaiah 60:19Thou shalt haue no more sunne to shine by day, neither shall the brightnesse of the moone shine vnto thee: for the Lord shall be thine euerlasting light, and thy God, thy glorie.
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 →