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The Book of Job, Chapter 25, Verse 6

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Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.
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!
New English Translation
how much less a mortal man, who is but a maggot– a son of man, who is only a worm!”
World English Bible
How much less man, who is a worm, the son of man, who is a worm!"
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But Job answered and said,
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How hast thou helped [him that is] without power? [how] savest thou the arm [that hath] no strength?
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How hast thou counselled [him that hath] no wisdom? and [how] hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?
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To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?
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Dead [things] are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.
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Hell [is] naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
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He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, [and] hangeth the earth upon nothing.
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He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
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He holdeth back the face of his throne, [and] spreadeth his cloud upon it.
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He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.