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25 The further reply of Bildad the Shuhite:

“God is powerful and dreadful. He enforces peace in heaven. Who is able to number his hosts of angels? And his light shines down on all the earth. How can mere man stand before God and claim to be righteous? Who in all the earth can boast that he is clean? God is so glorious that even the moon and stars are less than nothing as compared to him. How much less is man, who is but a worm in his sight?”

Bildad Speaks: Man Cannot Be Righteous

25 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered:

“Dominion and fear are with Him;
    He makes peace in His high places.
Is there any number to His armies?
    And upon whom does His light not rise?
How then can man be righteous with God?
    Or how can he who is born of a woman be clean?
Behold, even the moon does not shine,
    and the stars are not pure in His sight;
how much less man, who is a maggot?
    And the son of man, who is a worm?”