Job 25:6
Modern Translations
New International Version
how much less a mortal, who is but a maggot-- a human being, who is only a worm!"

New Living Translation
In comparison, people are maggots; we mortals are mere worms.”

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

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

New American Standard Bible
How much less man, that maggot, And a son of man, that worm!”

NASB 1995
How much less man, that maggot, And the son of man, that worm!"

NASB 1977
How much less man, that maggot, And the son of man, that worm!”

Amplified Bible
How much less man, that maggot, And the son of man, that worm!”

Christian Standard Bible
how much less a human, who is a maggot, a son of man, who is a worm!

Holman Christian Standard Bible
how much less man, who is a maggot, and the son of man, who is a worm!

Contemporary English Version
So how can we humans, when we are merely worms?

Good News Translation
Then what about a human being, that worm, that insect? What is a human life worth in God's eyes?

GOD'S WORD® Translation
How much less pure is a mortal-who is only a maggot- a descendant of Adam-who is only a worm!"

International Standard Version
How much less is man, who is only a maggot, or a man's children, who are only worms!"

NET Bible
how much less a mortal man, who is but a maggot--a son of man, who is only a worm!"
Classic Translations
King James Bible
How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?

New King James Version
How much less man, who is a maggot, And a son of man, who is a worm?”

King James 2000 Bible
How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, who is a worm?

New Heart English Bible
How much less man, who is a worm, the son of man, who is a worm."

World English Bible
How much less man, who is a worm, the son of man, who is a worm!"

American King James Version
How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?

American Standard Version
How much less man, that is a worm! And the son of man, that is a worm!

A Faithful Version
How much less man who is a maggot, and the son of man, who is a worm?"

Darby Bible Translation
How much less man, a worm, and the son of man, a worm!

English Revised Version
How much less man, that is a worm! and the son of man, which is a worm!

Webster's Bible Translation
How much less man, that is a worm; and the son of man, who is a worm?

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
How much more man, a worme, euen the sonne of man, which is but a worme?

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Howe much more then man that is but corruption, and the sonne of man which is but a worme?

Coverdale Bible of 1535
How moch more the, ma, that is but corrupcion: and the sonne of man, which is but a worme?
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
How much less man—a grub, "" And the son of man—a worm!”

Young's Literal Translation
How much less man -- a grub, And the son of man -- a worm!

Smith's Literal Translation
How much less man, a worm; and the son of man, a worm.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
How much less man that is rottenness and the son of man who is a worm?

Catholic Public Domain Version
Is man much more than rottenness and the son of man much more than worms?

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
But truly man is a worm and a son of man is a maggot”

Lamsa Bible
How much less man, who is dust, and the son of man, who is a worm!

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
How much less man, that is a worm! And the son of man, that is a maggot!

Brenton Septuagint Translation
But alas! man is corruption, and the son of man a worm.
















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