Job 25:4–6
Job 25:4–6 — The New International Version (NIV)
4 How then can a mortal be righteous before God?
How can one born of woman be pure?
5 If even the moon is not bright
and the stars are not pure in his eyes,
6 how much less a mortal, who is but a maggot—
a human being, who is only a worm!”
Job 25:4–6 — English Standard Version (ESV)
4 How then can man be in the right before God?
How can he who is born of woman be pure?
5 Behold, even the moon is not bright,
and the stars are not pure in his eyes;
6 how much less man, who is a maggot,
and the son of man, who is a worm!”
Job 25:4–6 — New Living Translation (NLT)
4 How can a mortal be innocent before God?
Can anyone born of a woman be pure?
5 God is more glorious than the moon;
he shines brighter than the stars.
6 In comparison, people are maggots;
we mortals are mere worms.”
Job 25:4–6 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
4 How then can man be righteous before God?
Or how can he be pure who is born of a woman?
5 If even the moon does not shine,
And the stars are not pure in His sight,
6 How much less man, who is a maggot,
And a son of man, who is a worm?”
Job 25:4–6 — New Century Version (NCV)
4 So no one can be good in the presence of God,
and no one born to a woman can be pure.
5 Even the moon is not bright
and the stars are not pure in his eyes.
6 People are much less! They are like insects.
They are only worms!”
Job 25:4–6 — American Standard Version (ASV)
4 How then can man be just with God?
Or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?
5 Behold, even the moon hath no brightness,
And the stars are not pure in his sight:
6 How much less man, that is a worm!
And the son of man, that is a worm!
Job 25:4–6 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
4 And how should man be just with •God? Or how should he be clean that is born of a woman? 5 Lo, even the moon is not bright; and the stars are not pure in his sight: 6 How much less man, a worm, and the son of man, a worm!
Job 25:4–6 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
4 How can a person be righteous to God?
How can anyone born of a woman be pure?
5 Even the moon isn’t bright,
and the stars aren’t pure in his sight.
6 How much less pure is a mortal—who is only a maggot—
a descendant of Adam—who is only a worm!”
Job 25:4–6 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
4 How can a person be justified before God?
How can one born of woman be pure?
5 If even the moon does not shine
and the stars are not pure in His sight,
6 how much less man, who is a maggot,
and the son of man, who is a worm!
Job 25:4–6 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
4 How then can a mortal be righteous before God?
How can one born of woman be pure?
5 If even the moon is not bright
and the stars are not pure in his sight,
6 how much less a mortal, who is a maggot,
and a human being, who is a worm!”
Job 25:4–6 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
4 “Indeed, how can a human being be righteous before God?
And how will he who is born of a woman be pure?
5 Look, even the moon is not bright,
and the stars are not pure in his sight.
6 How much less for a human being who is a maggot,
and a human who is a worm?”
Job 25:4–6 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
4 How can human beings be right with God?
How can mere people really be pure?
5 Even the moon isn’t bright
and the stars aren’t pure in God’s eyes.
6 So how about human beings? They are like maggots.
How about mere people? They are like worms.”
Job 25:4–6 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
4 “How then can a man be just with God?
Or how can he be clean who is born of woman?
5 “If even the moon has no brightness
And the stars are not pure in His sight,
6 How much less man, that maggot,
And the son of man, that worm!”