Job 25:4
And what? is man righteous with God? And what? is he pure — born of a woman?
Young's Literal Translation
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 their [any] number to His troops? And on whom ariseth not His light?
5Lo — unto the moon, and it shineth not, And stars have not been pure in His eyes.
Cross References
Job 4:17'Is mortal man than God more righteous? Than his Maker is a man cleaner?
Job 9:2Truly I have known that [it is] so, And what — is man righteous with God?
Job 14:3Also — on this Thou hast opened Thine eyes, And dost bring me into judgment with Thee.
Psalms 51:5Lo, in iniquity I have been brought forth, And in sin doth my mother conceive me.
Psalms 143:2And enter not into judgment with Thy servant, For no one living is justified before Thee.
Romans 3:19And we have known that as many things as the law saith, to those in the law it doth speak, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may come under judgment 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 →