Then Abraham answered and said, “Look, pray, I have decided to speak to my Lord, though I am dust and ashes.
Job 25:6 - Tree of Life Version how much less man who is but a maggot— a son of man who is a worm!” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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? |
Then Abraham answered and said, “Look, pray, I have decided to speak to my Lord, though I am 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 dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth?
“What is mankind, that You magnify him, that You set Your heart on him,
They cried to you and were delivered. In You they trusted, and were not disappointed.
Fear not, you worm Jacob, you men of Israel! I will help you.” It is a declaration of Adonai, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.