Job 25:6
How much less a mortal who is a creeping thing? Or a son of the earth-born who is a worm?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?
In Context
5Look as far as the moon, and it is not clear, and, the stars, are not bright in his eyes!
Cross References
Genesis 18:27And Abraham responded and said,—Behold I pray thee I have ventured to speak unto My Lord, though I am dust and ashes:
Job 7:17What is a mortal, that thou shouldst nurture him? Or that thou shouldst fix upon him thy mind?
Isaiah 41:14Do not fear, Thou worm Jacob, Ye men of Israel,—I, have become thy helper, Declareth Yahweh, And thy redeemer The Holy One of 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 →