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Job 25:5

Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.

KJV

Ecce luna etiam non splendet, et stellæ non sunt mundæ in conspectu ejus :

Vulgate

ἦ σελήνῃ συντάσσει, καὶ οὐκ ἐπιφαύσκει· ἄστρα δὲ οὐ καθαρὰ ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ.

LXX

Behold, even the moon hath no brightness, And the stars are not pure in his sight:

ASV

הֵ֣ן עַד יָ֭רֵחַ וְ/לֹ֣א יַאֲהִ֑יל וְ֝/כוֹכָבִ֗ים לֹא זַכּ֥וּ בְ/עֵינָֽי/ו

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

זַכּ֥וּ
zkv
verb · 4×
יַאֲהִ֑יל
y'hyl
verb · 1×
יָרֵ֖חַ
yrch
noun · 25×
ךָ
k
noun · 894×
כוֹכְבֵ֥י
kvkby
noun · 36×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
נִ֨י
ny
pronoun · 313×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

1. How Christians are the Spiritual Israel. That people which was called of old the people of God was divided into twelve tribes, and over and above the other tribes it had the levitical order, which itself again carried on the service of God in various priestly and levitical suborders. In the same manner, it appears to me that the whole people of Christ, when we regard it in t…

Cross-references

  • Gen 1:14 — And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
  • Isa 60:19 — The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
  • Job 4:18 — Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:
  • Job 15:15 — Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.
  • Job 15:15 — Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.
  • Ps 8:3 — When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;