JOB 25:6 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Ἔα δὲ, ἄνθρωπος σαπρία, καὶ υἱὸς ἀνθρώπου σκώληξ.
(Ea de, anthrōpos sapria, kai huios anthrōpou skōlaʸx. )

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

OEB How much less is man – a mere maggot;
⇔ And the on of man – but a worm!

WEBBE How much less man, who is a worm,
⇔ and the son of man, who is a worm!”

WMBB (Same as above)

NET how much less a mortal man, who is but a maggot –
⇔ a son of man, who is only a worm!”
¶ 

LSV How much less man—a grub,
And the son of man—a worm!”

FBV how much less a human being—who by comparison is like a maggot or a worm!”

T4T So, ◄what about humans?/he does not consider humans to be important.► [RHQ]
⇔ They are as insignificant as [MET] maggots.
⇔ God does not think more highly of people than he thinks of worms.”

LEB • [fn] for a human being who is a maggot, and[fn] who is a worm?”

25:1 Literally “Also”

25:1 Literally “a son of man,” or “a son of Adam”

BBE How much less man who is an insect, and the son of man who is a worm!

Moff No Moff JOB book available

JPS How much less man, that is a worm! and the son of man, that is a maggot!

ASV How much less man, that is a worm!
⇔ And the son of man, that is a worm!

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

YLT How much less man — a grub, And the son of man — a worm!

Drby How much less man, a worm, and the son of man, a worm!

RV How much less man, that is a worm! and the son of man, which is a worm!

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

KJB-1769 How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?

KJB-1611 [fn]How much lesse man, that is a worme: and the sonne of man which is a worme?
(How much less man, that is a worme: and the son of man which is a worme?)

25:6 Psal.22. 6.

Bshps Howe much more then man that is but corruption, and the sonne of man which is but a worme?
(How much more then man that is but corruption, and the son of man which is but a worme?)

Gnva How much more man, a worme, euen the sonne of man, which is but a worme?
(How much more man, a worme, even the son of man, which is but a worme? )

Cvdl How moch more the, ma, that is but corrupcion: and the sonne of man, which is but a worme?
(How much more them, ma, that is but corrupcion: and the son of man, which is but a worme?)

Wycl hou miche more a man rot, and the sone of a man a worm, is vncleene `and vile, if he is comparisound to God.
(hou miche more a man rot, and the son of a man a worm, is uncleene `and vile, if he is comparisound to God.)

Luth wieviel weniger ein Mensch, die Made, und ein Menschenkind, der Wurm?
(wieviel weniger a Mensch, the Made, and a Menschenkind, the/of_the Wurm?)

ClVg quanto magis homo putredo, et filius hominis vermis?][fn]
(quanto magis human putredo, and son of_man vermis?] )

25.6 Et filius, ac si dicat, etc., usque ad sicut ex homine filius hominis, ita ex putredine nascitur vermis.

25.6 And son, ac when/but_if let_him_say, etc., until to like from homine son of_man, ita from putredine nascitur vermis.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

אַ֭ף כִּֽי־אֱנ֣וֹשׁ רִמָּ֑ה

also/though that/for/because/then/when ʼEnōshh maggot

Indeed that is an expression that indicates that what follows is greater in degree than what a person has just said. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “How much less a man, a worm”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

אַ֭ף כִּֽי־אֱנ֣וֹשׁ רִמָּ֑ה

also/though that/for/because/then/when ʼEnōshh maggot

Bildad is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: “How much less could a man, a worm, be pure”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

אֱנ֣וֹשׁ & וּ⁠בֶן־אָ֝דָ֗ם

ʼEnōshh & and,son humankind

Although the terms man and son are masculine, here both words have a generic sense that includes both men and women. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could use terms in your language that are clearly inclusive of both men and women. Alternate translation: “a human … or a human child”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

אֱנ֣וֹשׁ רִמָּ֑ה

ʼEnōshh maggot

Bildad is speaking as if a human were literally a worm. He probably means that humans are lowly, just as worms are lowly, living in the dirt. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “that lowly creature”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וּ⁠בֶן־אָ֝דָ֗ם תּוֹלֵעָֽה

and,son humankind worm

Bildad is similarly speaking as if a human were literally a grub. Once again the basis of the comparison seems to be that just as grubs live in the earth, God originally formed humans from the earth. So this is a parallel poetic reference to human mortality. Rather than repeat the image, it may be more natural in your language to translate this as an explanatory phrase. Alternate translation, not preceded by a comma: “whom God formed from the earth”

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