How much more so a human, who is a worm, and a mortal, who is a maggot, completing Bildad's argument by reducing humans to images of decay and insignificance, establishing that if stars are impure, humans cannot possibly sustain claims to righteousness. The comparison to worm and maggot—creatures associated with death and decomposition—suggests that human existence is fundamentally aligned with corruption and mortality. This rhetoric aims to silence Job's complaint through radical humiliation: if you are but a worm, what standing do you have to question the Almighty? The vivid language of debasement represents Bildad's final attempt to shame Job into theological submission.

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