Job 25:6

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

How much less man that is rottenness, and the son of man who is a worm?

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Fear not, thou worm of Jacob, you that are dead of Israel. I have helped thee, saith the Lord, and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel.

And thy mercy will follow me all the days of my life. And that I may dwell in the house of the Lord unto length of days.

What is a man that thou shouldst magnify him? Or why dost thou set thy heart upon him?

How much more shall they that dwell in houses of clay, who have an earthly foundation, be consumed as with the moth?

And Abraham answered, and said: Seeing I have once begun, I will speak to my Lord, whereas I am dust and ashes.

If I have said to rottenness: Thou art my father: to worms, My mother and my sister.

Then Job answered, and said: