Al treilea discurs al lui Bildad din Şuah

25 Atunci Bildad din Şuah i-a zis:

„Domnia şi veneraţia sunt ale Lui!
    El face pace în înălţimile cerului Său.
Cine-I poate număra oştirile?
    Peste cine nu răsare lumina Sa?
Cum poate fi un om drept înaintea lui Dumnezeu?
    Cum poate fi curat cel născut din femeie?
Dacă nici luna nu e strălucitoare
    şi nici stelele nu sunt curate înaintea Sa,
cu atât mai puţin un om, care nu e decât o larvă
    şi fiul omului, care nu e decât un vierme.“

Bildad: How Can Man Be Righteous?

25 Then (A)Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:

“Dominion and fear belong to Him;
He makes peace in His high places.
[a]Is there any number to His armies?
Upon whom does (B)His light not rise?
(C)How then can man be righteous before God?
Or how can he be (D)pure who is born of a woman?
If even the moon does not shine,
And the stars are not pure in His (E)sight,
How much less man, who is (F)a maggot,
And a son of man, who is a worm?”

Footnotes

  1. Job 25:3 Can His armies be counted?

Bildad Speaks: Man Cannot Be Righteous

25 Then (A)Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:

“Dominion and fear are with God;[a]
    he makes peace in his high heaven.
Is there any number to his (B)armies?
    Upon whom does his (C)light not arise?
How then can man be (D)in the right before God?
    How can he who is (E)born of woman be (F)pure?
Behold, even the moon is not bright,
    and the stars are not pure in his eyes;
(G)how much less man, who is (H)a maggot,
    and (I)the son of man, who is a worm!”

Footnotes

  1. Job 25:2 Hebrew him