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Bildad: Man Cannot Be Righteous

Job 25:5

In 11 translations

BSB
If even the moon does not shine, and the stars are not pure in His sight,
KJV
Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.
WEB
Behold, even the moon has no brightness, and the stars are not pure in his sight;
ASV
Behold, even the moon hath no brightness, And the stars are not pure in his sight:
LSV
Behold—to the moon, and it does not shine, || And stars have not been pure in His eyes.
YLT
Lo — unto the moon, and it shineth not, And stars have not been pure in His eyes.
DBY
Lo, even the moon is not bright; and the stars are not pure in his sight:
DRC
Behold even the moon doth not shine, and the stars are not pure in his sight.
GNV
Behold, he wil giue no light to the moone, and the starres are vncleane in his sight.
JPS
Behold, even the moon hath no brightness, and the stars are not pure in His sight;
LXXE
If he gives an order to the moon, then it shines not; and the stars are not pure before him.

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Original-language editions

WLC
הֵ֣ן עַד־יָ֭רֵחַ וְלֹ֣א יַאֲהִ֑יל וְ֝כוֹכָבִ֗ים לֹא־זַכּ֥וּ בְעֵינָֽיו׃
LXX-Br
Εἰ σελήνῃ συντάσσει, καὶ οὐκ ἐπιφαύσκει, ἄστρα δὲ οὐ καθαρὰ ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Isaiah 60:19–20No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your splendor. Your sun will no longer set, and your…
  • Job 15:15If God puts no trust in His holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in His eyes,
  • Job 31:26if I have beheld the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor,
  • Isaiah 24:23The moon will be confounded and the sun will be ashamed; for the LORD of Hosts will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before His elders with great glory.
  • 2 Corinthians 3:10Indeed, what was once glorious has no glory now in comparison to the glory that surpasses it.

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