Job 25:5

Job 25:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.
• New International Version (NIV)If even the moon is not bright and the stars are not pure in his eyes,
• English Standard Version (ESV)Behold, even the moon is not bright, and the stars are not pure in his eyes;
• New King James Version (NKJV)If even the moon does not shine, And the stars are not pure in His sight,

Context of Job 25:5

3Is there any number of his troops? and upon whom doth not his light arise? 4And how should man be just with God? Or how should he be clean that is born of a woman? Lo, even the moon is not bright; and the stars are not pure in his sight: 6How much less man, a worm, and the son of man, a worm!

Job 25:5 word by word

הֵ֣ן עַד־יָ֭רֵחַ וְלֹ֣א יַאֲהִ֑יל וְ֝כוֹכָבִ֗ים לֹא־זַכּ֥וּ בְעֵינָֽיו׃Read the interlinear

• moonיָרֵחַyârêach · moonH3394
• starsכּוֹכָבkôkâb · starH3556
• pureזָכַךְzâkak · be cleanH2141

Cross-references for Job 25:5

• Isaiah 24:23And the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for Jehovah of hosts shall reign on mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients in glory.
• Isaiah 60:19The sun shall be no more thy light by day, neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee; but Jehovah shall be thine everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
• 2 Corinthians 3:10For also that [which was] glorified is not glorified in this respect, on account of the surpassing glory.

Commentaries on Job 25:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Behold 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. 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…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Behold 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” (יאהיל ya'âhalı̂yl ) frequently means to pitch or remove a tent, and is a form of the word אהל 'ôhel uniformly rendered tent…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. "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; Re 9:1), are imperfect in His sight. Theirs is the light and purity but of creatures; His of the Creator.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 25:5

• Depravity of Man
• God Continued...
• Humility
• Man
• Moon

In the dictionaries

• Bildad
• Job, Book of
• Regeneration
• Shine
• Zophar

Commentaries on Job 25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings