Text -- Job 25:4-6 (NET)

25:4 How then can a human being be righteous before God? How can one born of a woman be pure? 25:5 If even the moon is not bright, and the stars are not pure as far as he is concerned, 25:6 how much less a mortal man, who is but a maggot– a son of man, who is only a worm!”

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Job 25:4

¹ sn Bildad here does not come up with new expressions; rather, he simply uses what Eliphaz had said (see Job 4:17-19 and 15:14-16).

NET Notes: Job 25:5

¹ tn Heb “not pure in his eyes.”

NET Notes: Job 25:6

¹ tn The text just has “maggot” and in the second half “worm.” Something has to be added to make it a bit clearer. The terms “maggot” and “worm” describe man in his lowest and most ignominious shape.