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Bildads reactie

25 Bildad uit Suach antwoordde Job:

‘God is machtig en ontzagwekkend. Hij handhaaft de vrede in de hemel.
Wie kan zijn legers tellen? Er is geen plek waar zijn licht niet schijnt.
Hoe kan een gewone sterveling voor God gaan staan en beweren dat hij rechtvaardig is? Wie op aarde kan in ernst zeggen dat hij rein is?
De heerlijkheid van God is zo groot dat zelfs de maan en de sterren vergeleken bij Hem in het niet vallen.
Hoeveel minder is dan de mens! Die is immers slechts een worm in zijn ogen!’

25 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high places.

Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?

How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?

Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.

How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?

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?