Abraham answered, “Let me take it upon myself to speak to my lord, I who am but dust and ashes.
Job 25:6 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 how much less a mortal, who is a maggot, and a human being, who is a worm!” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 How much less man, that is a worm? And the son of man, which is a worm? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition How much less man, who is a maggot! And a son of man, who is a worm! American Standard Version (1901) How much less man, that is a worm! And the son of man, that is a worm! Common English Bible how much less a human, a worm, a person’s child, a grub. Catholic Public Domain Version Is man much more than rottenness and the son of man much more than worms? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version How much less man that is rottenness, and the son of man who is a worm? |
Abraham answered, “Let me take it upon myself to speak to my lord, I who am but dust and ashes.
if I say to the Pit, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother’ or ‘My sister,’
how much more those who live in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like a moth.
What are humans, that you make so much of them, that you set your mind on them,
But I am a worm and not human, scorned by others and despised by the people.
Do not fear, you worm Jacob, you maggot Israel! I will help you, says the Lord; your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.