6 verses · English Standard Version · Essentially literal
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Job Chapter 25 contains 6 verses and is presented here in the English Standard Version (ESV), which uses a essentially literal approach. Read the full text below, compare with other translations, or navigate to any of the 42 chapters in Job.
1Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:
2“Dominion and fear are with God; he makes peace in his high heaven.
3Is there any number to his armies? Upon whom does his light not arise?
4How then can man be in the right before God? How can he who is born of woman be pure?
5Behold, even the moon is not bright, and the stars are not pure in his eyes;
6how much less man, who is a maggot, and the son of man, who is a worm!”
Job 25 in the English Standard Version (ESV) contains 6 verses. The ESV uses a essentially literal approach, first published in 2001 (rev. 2016).
The English Standard Version uses essentially literal, balancing accuracy with modern readability. Compare this with the NIV (dynamic equivalence) version of Job 25 for a different perspective.
Job Chapter 25 contains 6 verses in the English Standard Version. The book of Job has 42 chapters total.