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Job 25:4-6
New English Translation

4 How then can a human being be righteous before God?
How can one born of a woman be pure?[a]
5 If even the moon is not bright,
and the stars are not pure as far as he is concerned,[b]
6 how much less a mortal man, who is but a maggot[c]—
a son of man, who is only a worm!”

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Footnotes

  1. Job 25:4 sn Bildad here does not come up with new expressions; rather, he simply uses what Eliphaz had said (see Job 4:17-19 and 15:14-16).
  2. Job 25:5 tn Heb “not pure in his eyes.”
  3. Job 25:6 tn The text just has “maggot” and in the second half “worm.” Something has to be added to make it a bit clearer. The terms “maggot” and “worm” describe man in his lowest and most ignominious shape.
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Job 25:4-6
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4 How then can a mortal be righteous before God?
    How can one born of woman be pure?(A)
5 If even the moon(B) is not bright
    and the stars are not pure in his eyes,(C)
6 how much less a mortal, who is but a maggot—
    a human being,(D) who is only a worm!”(E)

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