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Job 25:6
how much less man, who is but a maggot,
from Bildad: Man Cannot Be Righteous, Job 25:1-6
What it says

How much less, then, man, who is but a maggot, and the son of man, who is but a worm.

What it is doing

This verse closes the chapter by reducing humanity to frail mortality before God.

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,