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Job 25:6

Job 25:6

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

How much less: etc. The original is degradingly expressive: "How much less enosh:, miserable man, who is a worm; and the son of Adam, who is toleah:, a maggot."

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