Job 25:6
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
רַב
rab
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
מָעַט
mâʻaṭ
properly, to pare off, i.e. lessen; intransitively, to be (or causatively, to make) small or few (or figuratively, ineffective)
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
רִמָּה
rimmâh
a maggot (as rapidly bred), literally or figuratively
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
רִמָּה
rimmâh
a maggot (as rapidly bred), literally or figuratively
Key Terms in This Verse
מָעַט mâʻaṭ
properly, to pare off, i.e. lessen; intransitively, to be (or causatively, to make) small or few (or figuratively, ineffective)
Study H4591 →בֵּן bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
Study H1121 →אִישׁ ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Study H376 →אִישׁ ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Study H376 →Cross References
Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.
How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?
What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?
And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD, which am but dust and ashes:
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