Bildads tredje tal

25 Då tog Bildad från Sua till orda och sade:

Herraväldet och fruktan tillhör Gud,
fridstiftaren i höjden.
Kan hans skaror räknas?
    Över vem går ej hans ljus upp?
Hur kan då en människa vara rättfärdig inför Gud,
eller någon av kvinna född vara ren?
Se, inte ens månen skiner klart,
    och stjärnorna är ej rena i hans ögon.
Hur mycket mindre då människan, det krypet,
människobarnet, den masken.

25 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,

“Dominion and fear are with him.
    He makes peace in his high places.
Can his armies be counted?
    On whom does his light not arise?
How then can man be just with God?
    Or how can he who is born of a woman be clean?
Behold, even the moon has no brightness,
    and the stars are not pure in his sight;
How much less man, who is a worm,
    and the son of man, who is a worm!”

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?