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Atomic Bible
Job 25:5
If even the moon does not shine,
from Bildad: Man Cannot Be Righteous, Job 25:1-6
What it says

Even the moon is not bright and the stars are not pure in God's sight.

What it is doing

This verse compares heavenly lights themselves unfavorably with divine purity.

In context

1Then Bildad the Shuhite replied: 2“Dominion and awe belong to God; 3Can His troops be numbered? 4How then can a man be just before God? 5If even the moon does not shine, 6how much less man, who is but a maggot,