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Bildad’s Third Speech

25 Then[a] Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,[b]

“Domination and dread are with him
who makes peace in his high heavens.
Is there a number to his troops?
And upon whom does his light not rise?
“Indeed,[c] how can a human being be righteous before God?
And how will he who is born of a woman be pure?
Look, even the moon is not bright,[d]
and the stars are not pure in his sight.
How much less[e] for a human being who is a maggot,
and a human[f] who is a worm?”

Footnotes

  1. Job 25:1 Hebrew “And”
  2. Job 25:1 Hebrew “he said”
  3. Job 25:4 Hebrew “And”
  4. Job 25:5 Literally “and it is not bright”
  5. Job 25:6 Literally “Also”
  6. Job 25:6 Literally “a son of man,” or “a son of Adam”

Bildad Says Mankind Is Inferior

25 Then Bildad the Shuhite responded,

(A)Dominion and awe [a]belong to Him
Who makes peace in (B)His heights.
Is there any number to (C)His troops?
And upon whom does His light not rise?
How then can mankind be (D)righteous with God?
Or how can anyone who is born of woman be (E)pure?
If even (F)the moon has no brightness
And the (G)stars are not pure in His sight,
How much less (H)man, that (I)maggot,
And a son of man, that worm!”

Footnotes

  1. Job 25:2 Lit are with Him