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Bildad Asks, Can Man Be Right with God?

25 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,

(A)Rule and dread [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 mortal man be (D)right with God?
Or how can he be (E)pure who is born of woman?
Behold even (F)the moon has no brightness,
And the (G)stars are not pure in His sight;
How much less (H)mortal man, that (I)maggot,
And the son of man, that worm!”

Footnotes

  1. Job 25:2 Lit are with Him

Round Three: Bildad’s Speech

25 Bildad the Shuhite responded:

The power to rule and to inspire fear belongs to him.
He makes peace on high.
Can anyone count his troops?
Is there anyone on whom his light does not rise?
How then can a man be righteous with God?
How can one born of a woman be pure?
If even the moon does not shine brightly for him,
and if the stars are not pure in his eyes,
how much less a man, who is a maggot,
and a son of man, who is a worm?