Job 25:4-6

25:4 How then can a human being be righteous before God?

How can one born of a woman be pure? ¹ 

25:5 If even the moon is not bright,

and the stars are not pure as far as he is concerned, ² 

25:6 how much less a mortal man, who is but a maggot ³  –

a son of man, who is only a worm!”

[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).

[25:5]  ² tn Heb “not pure in his eyes.”

[25:6]  ³ 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.