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Job 25:4–6

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How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?
Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.
How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?
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From verse 4

  1. Romans 5:1Rank 1 from verse 4
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    1THEREFORE being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

  2. Psalms 130:3Rank 2 from verse 4
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    3If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?

  3. Job 15:14–16Rank 3 from verse 4
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    14What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

    15Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.

    16How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?

  4. Job 4:17–19Rank 4 from verse 4
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    17Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?

    18Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:

    19How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?

  5. Job 9:2Rank 5 from verse 4
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    2I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?

From verse 5

  1. Isaiah 60:19–20Rank 1 from verse 5
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    19The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.

    20Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the Lord shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.

  2. Job 15:15Rank 2 from verse 5
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    15Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.

  3. 2 Corinthians 3:10Rank 3 from verse 5
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    10For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth.

  4. Isaiah 24:23Rank 4 from verse 5
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    23Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the Lord of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.

  5. Job 31:26Rank 5 from verse 5
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    26If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;

From verse 6

  1. Isaiah 41:14Rank 1 from verse 6
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    14Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the Lord, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.

  2. Psalms 22:6Rank 2 from verse 6
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    6But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.

  3. Genesis 18:27Rank 3 from verse 6
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    27And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:

  4. Job 4:19Rank 4 from verse 6
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    19How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?

  5. Job 7:17Rank 5 from verse 6
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    17What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?

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Job 25:4

COMBINED MEANING

man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

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COMBINED MEANING

justified

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1. Declared righteous or acquitted. 2. Shown or proved to be right. 3. Comparatively shown to be more righteous.

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Job 25:5

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behold

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1. Used as an attention word or command directing someone to look at or take notice of the person, thing, statement, or event presented: look; see; take notice. 2. As a verb, to look upon, see, observe, or witness.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

even

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1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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yea

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1. Indeed, marking confirmation, emphasis, addition, continuation, or heightening of what is said; it may also emphasize a question. 2. Yes, expressing an affirmative answer or declaration.

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stars

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1. Lights seen in the heavens. 2. Persons or powers represented by stars.

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pure

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Clean, undefiled, unmixed, uncorrupted, genuine, clear, or sincere; free from contaminating matter or evil.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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COMBINED MEANING

sight

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1. The act or power of seeing. 2. A thing seen, view, or appearance. 3. Presence or observation.

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DEFINED WORDS

Job 25:6

COMBINED MEANING

man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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worm

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Sense 1: A small creeping creature, larva, grub, caterpillar, maggot, or similar animal. Sense 2: By figure, a despised or abased being.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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son

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1. A male child or descendant. 2. One belonging to, related to, or characterized by the person, people, place, condition, or quality named.

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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3Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?

4How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?

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5Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.

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6How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?

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