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

Bildad Speaks

25 Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:

Dominion and dread(A) belong to Him,
the One who establishes harmony in the heavens.[a]
Can His troops be numbered?
Does His light not shine on everyone?
How can a person be justified before God?(B)
How can one born of woman be pure?(C)
If even the moon does not shine
and the stars are not pure in His sight,(D)
how much less man, who is a maggot,
and the son of man, who is a worm!(E)

Footnotes

  1. Job 25:2 Lit in His heights

Bildad

25 Then Bildad the Shuhite(A) replied:

“Dominion and awe belong to God;(B)
    he establishes order in the heights of heaven.(C)
Can his forces be numbered?
    On whom does his light not rise?(D)
How then can a mortal be righteous before God?
    How can one born of woman be pure?(E)
If even the moon(F) is not bright
    and the stars are not pure in his eyes,(G)
how much less a mortal, who is but a maggot—
    a human being,(H) who is only a worm!”(I)