Bildad: Man Cannot Be Righteous
Job 25:6
In 11 translations
- BSB
- how much less man, who is but a maggot, and the son of man, who is but a worm!”
- KJV
- How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?
- WEB
- How much less man, who is a worm, and the son of man, who is a worm!”
- ASV
- How much less man, that is a worm! And the son of man, that is a worm!
- LSV
- How much less man—a grub, || And the son of man—a worm!”
- YLT
- How much less man — a grub, And the son of man — a worm!
- DBY
- How much less man, a worm, and the son of man, a worm!
- DRC
- How much less man that is rottenness and the son of man who is a worm?
- GNV
- How much more man, a worme, euen the sonne of man, which is but a worme?
- JPS
- How much less man, that is a worm! and the son of man, that is a maggot!
- LXXE
- But alas! man is corruption, and the son of man a worm.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- אַ֭ף כִּֽי־אֱנ֣וֹשׁ רִמָּ֑ה וּבֶן־אָ֝דָ֗ם תּוֹלֵעָֽה׃
- LXX-Br
- Ἔα δὲ, ἄνθρωπος σαπρία, καὶ υἱὸς ἀνθρώπου σκώληξ.
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Cross-references most cited first
- Psalms 22:6But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people.
- Isaiah 41:14Do not fear, O worm of Jacob, O few men of Israel. I will help you,” declares the LORD. “Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
- Genesis 18:27Then Abraham answered, “Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord—though I am but dust and ashes—
- Job 7:17What is man that You should exalt him, that You should set Your heart upon him,
- Job 4:19how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who can be crushed like a moth!
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