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Wesley: Job 25:5 - -- The moon, tho' bright and glorious, if compared with the Divine Majesty, is without any lustre or glory. By naming the moon, and thence proceeding to ...
The moon, tho' bright and glorious, if compared with the Divine Majesty, is without any lustre or glory. By naming the moon, and thence proceeding to the stars, the sun is also included.

Wesley: Job 25:6 - -- Mean, and vile, and impotent; proceeding from corruption, and returning to it.
Mean, and vile, and impotent; proceeding from corruption, and returning to it.

Wesley: Job 25:6 - -- For miserable man in the last branch he here puts the son of any man, to shew that this is true even of the greatest and best of men. Let us then wond...
For miserable man in the last branch he here puts the son of any man, to shew that this is true even of the greatest and best of men. Let us then wonder at the condescension of God, in taking such worms into covenant and communion with himself!
JFB: Job 25:5 - -- "Look up even unto the moon" (Job 15:15). "Stars" here answer to "saints" (angels) there; "the moon" here to "the heavens" there. Even the "stars," th...
"Look up even unto the moon" (Job 15:15). "Stars" here answer to "saints" (angels) there; "the moon" here to "the heavens" there. Even the "stars," the most dazzling object to man's eye, and the angels, of which the stars are emblems (Job 4:18; Rev 9:1), are imperfect in His sight. Theirs is the light and purity but of creatures; His of the Creator.

JFB: Job 25:6 - -- Two distinct Hebrew words. The first, a worm bred in putridity; alluding to man's corruption. The second a crawling worm; implying that man is weak an...
Two distinct Hebrew words. The first, a worm bred in putridity; alluding to man's corruption. The second a crawling worm; implying that man is weak and grovelling.
Clarke: Job 25:5 - -- Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not - It is continually changing its appearance. It never appears twice in its whole revolution with the sam...
Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not - It is continually changing its appearance. It never appears twice in its whole revolution with the same face: it is ever waxing or waning; and its face is variegated with opaque spots. Its changeableness can never be compared with the unchangeable nature of God

Clarke: Job 25:5 - -- Yea, the stars are not pure in his sight - Whatever their excellence may be as stars, it is nothing in comparison with him from whom they have deriv...
Yea, the stars are not pure in his sight - Whatever their excellence may be as stars, it is nothing in comparison with him from whom they have derived their being and splendor. See the notes on Job 4:18; Job 15:14-16. The Targum reads: "Behold, the moon is as yet spotted in her eastern part; the sun shines not; and the stars are not pure in his sight."Some think that by stars are meant those angels who kept not their first estate: this may be so, but I cannot see it in the text. It may, however, mean the heavenly host, as it is supposed to do, Job 28:7; but I still must hesitate on the propriety of such applications. It is probable this speech of Bildad was delivered in the night-season, when clouds interrupted the bright shining of the moon. The third verse seems to refer immediately to the stars, which to the naked eye are innumerable. The sun is not mentioned, because of his absence. This speech of Bildad is both confused and inconclusive. His reasoning is absurd, and he draws false conclusions from his premises. In the third verse, he says, "Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom does not his light arise?"But how absurd is the conclusion which he draws from his questions: - "How then can a man be justified with God, or he be clean who is born of a woman?"This has no relation to the premises; still to us the question is not difficult, and has already been answered in the notes: "A man can be justified with God,"through the blood of Christ; and "he can be clean who is born of a woman."through the sanctification of the Spirit.

Clarke: Job 25:6 - -- How much less man, that is a worm? - Or as the Targum - "How much more man, who in his life is a reptile; and the son of man, who in his death is a ...
How much less man, that is a worm? - Or as the Targum - "How much more man, who in his life is a reptile; and the son of man, who in his death is a worm."Almost all the versions read, "Truly man is corruption, and the son of man a worm."The original is degradingly expressive: "Even because

TSK: Job 25:6 - -- How much less : etc. The original is degradingly expressive: ""How much less enosh , miserable man, who is a worm; and the son of Adam, who is tole...

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Barnes: Job 25:5 - -- Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not - Or, behold even the moon shineth not. That is, in comparison with God it is dark and obscure. The...
Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not - Or, behold even the moon shineth not. That is, in comparison with God it is dark and obscure. The idea is, that the most beautiful and glorious objects become dim and fade away when compared with him. So Jerome renders it, Ecce luna etiam non splendet. The word here rendered "shineth"(
Yea, the stars are not pure in his sight - That is, they are not bright in comparison with him. The design is to show the glory of the Most High and that nothing could be compared with him; see the notes at Job 4:18.

Barnes: Job 25:6 - -- How much less man - See Job 4:19. Man is mentioned here as a worm; in Job 4:19 he is said to dwell in a house of clay and to be crushed before ...
How much less man - See Job 4:19. Man is mentioned here as a worm; in Job 4:19 he is said to dwell in a house of clay and to be crushed before the moth. In both cases the design is to represent him as insignificant in comparison with God.
A worm -
And the son of man - Another mode of speaking of man. Any one of the children of man is the same. No one of them can be compared with God; compare the notes at Mat 1:1.
Which is a worm -
Poole: Job 25:5 - -- The moon, though a bright and glorious creature, Job 31:26 Son 6:10 , if compared with the splendour of the Divine majesty, is but as a dark and ear...
The moon, though a bright and glorious creature, Job 31:26 Son 6:10 , if compared with the splendour of the Divine majesty, is but as a dark and earthy lump, without any lustre or glory. He names the
moon and the
stars rather than the sun , because they many times are eclipsed or disappear even to our eyes, which is a plain evidence of their utter obscurity in respect of God’ s light; whereas the sun, though that also he obscure, if compared with God, yet it casts a constant and most clear light. Or by naming the moon , and thence proceeding to the stars, the sun is included between them.
The stars are not pure in his sight he can discern many spots and blemishes in them which we cannot see; and in like manner he can discover those corruptions or sins in us which are unknown to our own conscience, which should make thee, O Job, tremble to appear before his tribunal.

Poole: Job 25:6 - -- A worm to wit, mean, and vile, and impotent; proceeding from corruption, and returning to it; and withal filthy and loathsome, and so every way a ver...
A worm to wit, mean, and vile, and impotent; proceeding from corruption, and returning to it; and withal filthy and loathsome, and so every way a very unfit person to appear before the high and holy God, and much more to contend with him. The same thing is repeated in other words; only for miserable man in the last branch he here puts the son of any man , of what degree or quality soever, to show that this is true even of the greatest and best of men.
Haydock -> Job 25:5
Haydock: Job 25:5 - -- Sight, compared with him. The most beautiful things in nature are nothing; and of course, the most just are all imperfection, when left to themselve...
Sight, compared with him. The most beautiful things in nature are nothing; and of course, the most just are all imperfection, when left to themselves. (Calmet)
Gill: Job 25:5 - -- Behold, even to the moon,.... If all things that are glorious and illustrious in the lower world, and which are between that and the region of the moo...
Behold, even to the moon,.... If all things that are glorious and illustrious in the lower world, and which are between that and the region of the moon, are beheld; or all from the seat of the Divine Majesty, down to that glorious luminary, are viewed, they lose all their lustre and brightness, when compared with the Divine Being;
and it, even that itself
shineth not; it is darkened, confounded, and ashamed; it hides its beautiful face, and draws in its borrowed and useful light, at the approach of him, who is light itself, and in whom is no darkness at all: or it tabernacles not n; has no tabernacle to abide in, as is said of the sun, Psa 19:4; or does not expand and spread its light, as a tent o or tabernacle is spread; it does not diffuse, but contracts it. No mention is made of the sun, not because that shines in its own light, which the moon does not; but perhaps because the controversy between Job and his friends was held in the night, when the moon and the stars were only seen, and therefore only mentioned; otherwise, what is here observed equally holds good of the sun as of the moon; see Isa 24:23;
yea, the stars are not pure in his sight; as there are spots in the sun and in the moon, seen by the eye of man, aided and assisted, so such may be seen by God in the stars also, and in these, both in a natural and in a mystical sense; as by them may be meant the angels of heaven, even those are not pure in the sight of God, and in comparison of him, the most perfectly pure and holy Being; see Job 4:18.

Gill: Job 25:6 - -- How much less man, that is a worm?.... Whose original is of the earth, dwells in it, and is supported by it, and creeps into it again; who is impure ...
How much less man, that is a worm?.... Whose original is of the earth, dwells in it, and is supported by it, and creeps into it again; who is impure by nature and by practice, weak and impotent to do anything that is spiritually good, or to defend himself from his spiritual enemies; and is mean and despicable, as even the best of men are, in their own eyes, and in the eyes of the world: and, if the best of men are comparable to such creatures, and our Lord himself, in human nature, was content to be called a worm, and no man; what must the worst of men be, or man be in and of himself, without the grace of God and righteousness of Christ, by which he can be only clean and righteous? see Isa 41:14; and, if the celestial bodies above mentioned are eclipsed of all their brightness and glory, in the presence of God; what a contemptible figure must man make in the court of heaven, who, in comparison of them, is but a worm, and much more so, as appearing before God?
and the son of man, which is a worm; which is repeated with a little variation for the confirmation of it; or it may signify, that even the first man was no other than of the earth, earthy, and so are all his sons. The Targum is,
"how much more man, who in his life is a reptile, and the son of man, who in his death is a worm?''
to which may be added, that he is in his grave a companion for the worms; and indeed it appears by the observations made through microscopes, that man, in his first state of generation, is really a worm p; so that, as Pliny says q, one that is a judge of things may pity and be ashamed of the sorry original of the proudest of animals. By this short reply of Bildad, and which contains little more than what had been before said, it is plain that he was tired of the controversy, and glad to give out.

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NET Notes: Job 25:6 The text just has “maggot” and in the second half “worm.” Something has to be added to make it a bit clearer. The terms “...
Geneva Bible -> Job 25:5
Geneva Bible: Job 25:5 Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, ( d ) the stars are not pure in his sight.
( d ) If God shows his power, the moon and stars cannot ...

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TSK Synopsis -> Job 25:1-6
MHCC -> Job 25:1-6
MHCC: Job 25:1-6 - --Bildad drops the question concerning the prosperity of wicked men; but shows the infinite distance there is between God and man. He represents to Job ...
Matthew Henry -> Job 25:1-6
Matthew Henry: Job 25:1-6 - -- Bildad is to be commended here for two things: - 1. For speaking no more on the subject about which Job and he differed. Perhaps he began to think J...
Keil-Delitzsch -> Job 25:1-6
Keil-Delitzsch: Job 25:1-6 - --
1 Then began Bildad the Shuhite, and said:
2 Dominion and terror are with Him,
He maketh peace in His high places.
3 Is there any number to His a...
Constable -> Job 22:1--27:23; Job 25:1-6
Constable: Job 22:1--27:23 - --D. The Third cycle of Speeches between Job and His Three Friends chs. 22-27
In round one of the debate J...
