Job 25:6

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

Verse	KJV	BSB	ASV
6	How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?	how much less man, who is but a maggot, and the son of man, who is but a worm!”	How much less man, that is a worm! And the son of man, that is a worm!

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English	Hebrew	Say it	Strong's	Meaning
indeed?	אַ֭ף	'af	H0637	also אַף (aph) conj (denoting addition, esp of something greater) 1) also, yea, though, so much the more adv 2) furthermore, indeed Aramaic equivalent: aph (אַף "also" H0638)
for	כִּֽי־	ki-	H3588A	for כִּי (ki) 1) that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since 1a) that 1a1) yea, indeed 1b) when (of time) 1b1) when, if, though (with a concessive force) 1c) because, since (causal connection) 1d) but (after negative) 1e) that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if 1f) but rather, but 1g) except that 1h) only, nevertheless 1i) surely 1j) that is 1k) but if 1l) for though 1m) forasmuch as, for therefore
a person	אֱנ֣וֹשׁ	'e-NO-osh	H0582	human אֱנוֹשׁ (e.nosh) 1) man, mortal man, person, mankind 1a) of an individual 1b) men (collective) 1c) man, mankind Aramaic equivalent: e.nash (אֱנָשׁ "man" H0606)
a maggot	רִמָּ֑ה	ri-MAH	H7415	worm רִמָּה (rim.mah) maggot, worm (as cause and sign of decay)
and a child of	וּבֶן־	u-ven-	H1121A	son: child בֵּן (ben) : child/son
humankind	אָ֝דָ֗ם	'a-DAM	H0120G	man אָדָם (a.dam) 1) man, mankind 1a) man, human being 1b) man, mankind (much more frequently intended sense in OT) 1c) Adam, first man 1d) city in Jordan valley
a worm	תּוֹלֵעָֽה׃ פ	to-le-'AH	H8438B	worm תּוֹלֵעָה (to.le.ah) 1) worm, maggot 1a) worm, grub 1b) the worm "coccus ilicis"

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Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.