Job 25:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

How much less man who is an insect, and the son of man who is a worm!

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 22:6 : 6 But I am a worm and not a man; cursed by men, and looked down on by the people.
  • Isa 41:14 : 14 Have no fear, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel; I will be your helper, says the Lord, even he who takes up your cause, the Holy One of Israel.
  • Gen 18:27 : 27 And Abraham answering said, Truly, I who am only dust, have undertaken to put my thoughts before the Lord:
  • Job 4:19 : 19 How much more those living in houses of earth, whose bases are in the dust! They are crushed more quickly than an insect;
  • Job 7:17 : 17 What is man, that you have made him great, and that your attention is fixed on him,

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  • 6But I am a worm and not a man; cursed by men, and looked down on by the people.

  • Ps 144:3-4
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    3Lord, what is man, that you keep him in mind? or the son of man that you take him into account?

    4Man is like a breath: his life is like a shade which is quickly gone.

  • 17What is man, that you have made him great, and that your attention is fixed on him,

  • Job 25:4-5
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    4How then is it possible for man to be upright before God? or how may he be clean who is a son of woman?

    5See, even the moon is not bright, and the stars are not clean in his eyes:

  • Job 15:13-14
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    13So that you are turning your spirit against God, and letting such words go out of your mouth?

    14What is man, that he may be clean? and how may the son of woman be upright?

  • 19How much more those living in houses of earth, whose bases are in the dust! They are crushed more quickly than an insect;

  • Ps 8:4-5
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    4What is man, that you keep him in mind? the son of man, that you take him into account?

    5For you have made him only a little lower than the gods, crowning him with glory and honour.

  • 26Together they go down to the dust, and are covered by the worm.

  • 3Why do we seem as beasts in your eyes, and as completely without knowledge?

  • 16How much less one who is disgusting and unclean, a man who takes in evil like water!

  • Eccl 6:10-11
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    10That which is, has been named before, and of what man is there is knowledge. He has no power against one stronger than he.

    11There are words without number for increasing what is to no purpose, but what is man profited by them?

  • 5My flesh is covered with worms and dust; my skin gets hard and then is cracked again.

  • Job 14:1-3
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    1As for man, the son of woman, his days are short and full of trouble.

    2He comes out like a flower, and is cut down: he goes in flight like a shade, and is never seen again.

    3Is it on such a one as this that your eyes are fixed, with the purpose of judging him?

  • 22Have no more to do with man, whose life is only a breath, for he is of no value.

  • 17May a man be upright before God? or a man be clean before his Maker?

  • 6But a certain writer has given his witness, saying, What is man, that you keep him in mind? what is the son of man, that you take him into account?

  • 14He has made men like the fishes of the sea, like the worms which have no ruler over them.

  • 10But man comes to his death and is gone: he gives up his spirit, and where is he?

  • Job 17:14-15
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    14If I say to the earth, You are my father; and to the worm, My mother and my sister;

    15Where then is my hope? and who will see my desire?

  • 11By the weight of your wrath against man's sin, the glory of his form is wasted away; truly every man is but a breath. (Selah.)

  • Job 10:4-6
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    4Have you eyes of flesh, or do you see as man sees?

    5Are your days as the days of man, or your years like his,

    6That you take note of my sin, searching after my wrongdoing,

  • 12But man, like the animals, does not go on for ever; he comes to an end like the beasts.

  • 6Looking down on the heavens, and on the earth?

  • 12So man goes down to his last resting-place and comes not again: till the heavens come to an end, they will not be awake or come out of their sleep.

  • 26And ... without my flesh I will see God;

  • 6A man without sense has no knowledge of this; and a foolish man may not take it in.

  • 11Your pride has gone down into the underworld, and the noise of your instruments of music; the worms are under you, and your body is covered with them.

  • 15All flesh would come to an end together, and man would go back to the dust.

  • 5You have made my days no longer than a hand's measure; and my years are nothing in your eyes; truly, every man is but a breath. (Selah.)

  • 28Though a man comes to nothing like a bit of dead wood, or like a robe which has become food for the worm.

  • 20The public place of his town has no more knowledge of him, and his name has gone from the memory of men: he is rooted up like a dead tree.

  • 15There the fire will make you waste; you will be cut off by the sword: make yourself as great in number as the worms, as great in number as the locusts.

  • 7Like the waste from his body he comes to an end for ever: those who have seen him say, Where is he?

  • 21Who is certain that the spirit of the sons of men goes up to heaven, or that the spirit of the beasts goes down to the earth?

  • 21So have you now become to me; you see my sad condition and are in fear.

  • 16Those who see you will be looking on you with care, they will be in deep thought, saying, Is this the troubler of the earth, the shaker of kingdoms?

  • 6For this cause I give witness that what I said is false, and in sorrow I take my seat in the dust.

  • 12I, even I, am your comforter: are you so poor in heart as to be in fear of man who will come to an end, and of the son of man who will be like grass?

  • 2Let not your servant come before you to be judged; for no man living is upright in your eyes.

  • 15As for man, his days are as grass: his beautiful growth is like the flower of the field.