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Job 25:6
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how much less a human, who is a maggot,a son of man, who is a worm!
How much less man, who is a worm! The son of man, who is a worm!"
How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?
how much less man, who is a maggot, and the son of man, who is a worm!"
People are much less! They are like insects. They are only worms!"
how much less a mortal man, who is but a maggot— a son of man, who is only a worm!"
How much less man, that maggot, And the son of man, that worm!"
How much less man, that maggot, And a son of man, that worm!"
How much less man, who is a worm! The son of man, who is a worm!"
How much more man, a worme, euen the sonne of man, which is but a worme?
How much less mortal man, that maggot,And the son of man, that worm!"
how much less man, who is but a maggot, and the son of man, who is but a worm!"
So how can we humans, when we are merely worms?
How much less a human, who is merely a maggot, a mortal, who is only a worm?!"
How much less man, a worm, and the son of man, a worm!
How much less man, who is dust, and the son of man, who is a worm!
Then what about a human being, that worm, that insect? What is a human life worth in God's eyes?
How much less for a human being who is a maggot, and a human who is a worm?"
how much less man who is a maggot; and the son of man who is a worm!
How moch more the, ma, that is but corrupcion: and the sonne of man, which is but a worme?
How much less man, that is a worm! And the son of man, that is a worm!
How much less man who is an insect, and the son of man who is a worm!
How much less man, that is a worm! and the son of man, that is a maggot!
How much lesse man, that is a worme: and the sonne of man which is a worme?
Howe much more then man that is but corruption, and the sonne of man which is but a worme?
But alas! man is corruption, and the son of man a worm.
How much less man, that is a worm! and the son of man, which is a worm!
hou miche more a man rot, and the sone of a man a worm, is vncleene `and vile, if he is comparisound to God.
How much less is common man, that is a worm! And the son of man, that is a worm!
How much less man, [that is] a worm; and the son of man, [who is] a worm?
How much less man, who is a maggot, And a son of man, who is a worm?"
In comparison, people are maggots; we mortals are mere worms."
How much less man, who is a bug, and the son of man, who is a worm!"
how much less a mortal, who is a maggot, and a human being, who is a worm!"
How much less a mortal who is a creeping thing? Or a son of the earth-born who is a worm?
How much less man that is rottenness and the son of man who is a worm?
how much less man, who is a maggot, and the son of man, who is a worm!"
How much less man -- a grub, And the son of man -- a worm!
How much less man, that maggot, And the son of man, that worm!"
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
How much less: etc. The original is degradingly expressive: "How much less enosh, miserable man, who is a worm; and the son of Adam, who is toleah, a maggot." Job 4:19, Genesis 18:27, Psalms 22:6, Isaiah 41:14
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 6:9 - How shall 1 Chronicles 13:12 - How Job 4:18 - he put Job 9:14 - How much Job 35:5 - Look Psalms 8:4 - What Isaiah 40:17 - as nothing Daniel 7:4 - and a Hebrews 2:6 - the son
Cross-References
So after living ten years in the land of Canaan, Sarai gave her Egyptian slave to Abram as a second wife.
Early the next morning Abraham took some food and water and gave them to Hagar. She carried them and left with her boy. She left that place and wandered in the desert of Beersheba.
Abraham married again. His new wife was named Keturah.
She gave birth to Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
After Abraham died, God blessed Isaac. Isaac was living at Beer Lahai Roi.
These are the names of Ishmael's sons: The first son was Nebaioth; then Kedar was born, then Adbeel, Mibsam,
Mishma, Dumah, Massa,
Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.
So Rachel gave Bilhah to her husband Jacob. He had sexual relations with Bilhah.
Leah saw that she could have no more children. So she gave her slave girl Zilpah to Jacob.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
How much less man, [that is] a worm?.... Whose original is of the earth, dwells in it, and is supported by it, and creeps into it again; who is impure by nature and by practice, weak and impotent to do anything that is spiritually good, or to defend himself from his spiritual enemies; and is mean and despicable, as even the best of men are, in their own eyes, and in the eyes of the world: and, if the best of men are comparable to such creatures, and our Lord himself, in human nature, was content to be called a worm, and no man; what must the worst of men be, or man be in and of himself, without the grace of God and righteousness of Christ, by which he can be only clean and righteous? see Isaiah 41:14; and, if the celestial bodies above mentioned are eclipsed of all their brightness and glory, in the presence of God; what a contemptible figure must man make in the court of heaven, who, in comparison of them, is but a worm, and much more so, as appearing before God?
and the son of man, [which is] a worm; which is repeated with a little variation for the confirmation of it; or it may signify, that even the first man was no other than of the earth, earthy, and so are all his sons. The Targum is,
"how much more man, who in his life is a reptile, and the son of man, who in his death is a worm?''
to which may be added, that he is in his grave a companion for the worms; and indeed it appears by the observations made through microscopes, that man, in his first state of generation, is really a worm p; so that, as Pliny says q, one that is a judge of things may pity and be ashamed of the sorry original of the proudest of animals. By this short reply of Bildad, and which contains little more than what had been before said, it is plain that he was tired of the controversy, and glad to give out.
p Lewenhoeck apud Scheuchzer. Physic. Sacr. vol. 4. p. 721. Vid. Philosoph. Transact. abridged, vol. 2. p. 912, 913. q Nat. Hist. l. 7. c. 7.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
How much less man - See Job 4:19. Man is mentioned here as a worm; in Job 4:19 he is said to dwell in a house of clay and to be crushed before the moth. In both cases the design is to represent him as insignificant in comparison with God.
A worm - רמה rı̂mmâh; see Job 7:5. The word is commonly applied to such worms as are bred in putridity, and hence, the comparison is the more forcible.
And the son of man - Another mode of speaking of man. Any one of the children of man is the same. No one of them can be compared with God; compare the notes at Matthew 1:1.
Which is a worm - תולעה tôlê‛âh; compare the notes at Isaiah 1:18. This word frequently denotes the worm from which the scarlet or crimson color was obtained. It is, however, used to denote the worm that is bred on putrid substances, and is so used here; compare Exodus 16:20; Isaiah 14:11; Isaiah 66:24. It is also applied to a worm that destroys plants. Jonah 4:7; Deuteronomy 28:39. Here it means, that man is poor, feeble, powerless. In comparison with God he is a crawling worm. All that is said in this chapter is true and beautiful, but it has nothing to do with the subject in debate. Job had appealed to the course of events in proof of the truth of his position. The true way to meet that was either to deny that the facts existed as he alleged, or to show that they did not prove what be had adduced them to establish. But Bildad did neither; nor did he ingenuously confess that the argument was against him and his friends. At this stage of the controversy, since they had nothing to reply to what Job had alleged, it would have been honorable in them to have acknowledged that they were in error, and to have yielded the palm of victory to him. But it requires extraordinary candor and humility to do that; and rather than do it, most people would prefer to say something - though it has nothing to do with the case in hand.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 25:6. How much less man, that is a worm? — Or as the Targum. - "How much more man, who in his life is a reptile; and the son of man, who in his death is a worm." Almost all the versions read, "Truly man is corruption, and the son of man a worm." The original is degradingly expressive: "Even because אנוש enosh, miserable man, is רמה rimmah, a crawling worm; and the son of Adam, who is תולעה toleah, a worm, or rather maggot, from its eating into and dividing certain substances." - Parkhurst.
Thus endeth Bildad the Shuhite, who endeavoured to speak on a subject which he did not understand; and, having got on bad ground, was soon confounded in his own mind, spoke incoherently, argued inconclusively, and came abruptly and suddenly to an end. Thus, his three friends being confounded, Job was left to pursue his own way; they trouble him no more; and he proceeds in triumph to the end of the thirty-first chapter.
