Parallel Verses
King James 2000
Behold even to the moon, and it shines not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.
New American Standard Bible
And the
King James Version
Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.
Holman Bible
and the stars are not pure in His sight,
International Standard Version
Behold, even the moon isn't bright, and the stars aren't pure in his eyes.
A Conservative Version
Behold, even the moon has no brightness. And the stars are not pure in his sight.
American Standard Version
Behold, even the moon hath no brightness, And the stars are not pure in his sight:
Amplified
“Behold, even the moon has no brightness [compared to God’s majesty and glory]
And the stars are not pure in His sight,
Bible in Basic English
See, even the moon is not bright, and the stars are not clean in his eyes:
Darby Translation
Lo, even the moon is not bright; and the stars are not pure in his sight:
Julia Smith Translation
Behold even to the moon, and it shall not shine; and the stars were not clean in his eyes.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Look, even [the] moon {is not bright}, and [the] stars are not pure in his sight.
Modern King James verseion
Look even to the moon, and it shines not; yea, the stars are not pure in His sight;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Behold, the Moon shineth nothing in comparison to him, and the stars are unclean in his sight.
NET Bible
If even the moon is not bright, and the stars are not pure as far as he is concerned,
New Heart English Bible
Behold, even the moon has no brightness, and the stars are not pure in his sight;
The Emphasized Bible
Look as far as the moon, and it is not clear, and, the stars, are not bright in his eyes!
Webster
Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; and the stars are not pure in his sight.
World English Bible
Behold, even the moon has no brightness, and the stars are not pure in his sight;
Youngs Literal Translation
Lo -- unto the moon, and it shineth not, And stars have not been pure in His eyes.
Interlinear
References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 25:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Bildad's Third Speech
4 How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman? 5 Behold even to the moon, and it shines not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight. 6 How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, who is a worm?
Phrases
Cross References
Job 15:15
Behold, he puts no trust in his holy ones; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.
Job 31:26
If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon moving in brightness;
Isaiah 24:23
Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his elders gloriously.
Isaiah 60:19-20
The sun shall be no more your light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto you: but the LORD shall be unto you an everlasting light, and your God your glory.
2 Corinthians 3:10
For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excels.