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Job 25:6

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

how much less man, who is a maggot, and the son of man, who is a worm!”

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Abraham answered, “Behold, I have taken upon myself to speak to the 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,’

Then Job answered:

how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth.

What is man, that thou dost make so much of him, and that thou dost set thy mind upon him,

But I am a worm, and no man; scorned by men, and despised by the people.

Fear not, you worm Jacob, you men of Israel! I will help you, says the Lord; your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.