6 verses · The Message · Contemporary paraphrase
The Message by Eugene Peterson presents the Bible in the rhythms and idioms of contemporary American English. More than a translation, it is a paraphrase designed to help readers experience Scripture's impact as if hearing it for the first time.
Job Chapter 25 contains 6 verses and is presented here in the The Message (MSG), which uses a contemporary paraphrase approach. Read the full text below, compare with other translations, or navigate to any of the 42 chapters in Job.
1Bildad the Shuhite again attacked Job:
2"God is sovereign, God is fearsome— everything in the cosmos fits and works in his plan.
3Can anyone count his angel armies? Is there any place where his light doesn't shine?
4How can a mere mortal presume to stand up to God? How can an ordinary person pretend to be guiltless?
5Why, even the moon has its flaws, even the stars aren't perfect in God's eyes,
6So how much less, plain men and women— slugs and maggots by comparison!"
Job 25 in the The Message (MSG) contains 6 verses. The MSG uses a contemporary paraphrase approach, first published in 2002.
The The Message uses contemporary paraphrase, rendering the text as a modern paraphrase in contemporary idioms. Compare this with the NIV (dynamic equivalence) version of Job 25 for a different perspective.
Job Chapter 25 contains 6 verses in the The Message. The book of Job has 42 chapters total.