Job 25:6

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

how much less a mortal man, who is but a maggot– a son of man, who is only a worm!”

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 22:6 : 6 But I am a worm, not a man; people insult me and despise me.
  • Isa 41:14 : 14 Don’t be afraid, despised insignificant Jacob, men of Israel. I am helping you,” says the LORD, your protector, the Holy One of Israel.
  • Gen 18:27 : 27 Then Abraham asked,“Since I have undertaken to speak to the Lord(although I am but dust and ashes),
  • Job 4:19 : 19 how much more to those who live in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like a moth?
  • Job 7:17 : 17 Insignificance of Humans“What is mankind that you make so much of them, and that you pay attention to them?

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