Job 25
Common English Bible
Inferior humans
25 Bildad from Shuah replied:
2 Supreme power and awe belong to God;
    he establishes peace on his heights.
3 Can his troops be counted?
    On whom does his light not rise?
4 How can a person be innocent before God;
    one born of a woman be pure?
5 If even the moon is not bright
        and the stars not pure in his eyes,
6     how much less a human, a worm,
        a person’s child, a grub.
Job 25
Modern English Version
Bildad Speaks: Man Cannot Be Righteous
25 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered:
2 “Dominion and fear are with Him;
    He makes peace in His high places.
3 Is there any number to His armies?
    And upon whom does His light not rise?
4 How then can man be righteous with God?
    Or how can he who is born of a woman be clean?
5 Behold, even the moon does not shine,
    and the stars are not pure in His sight;
6 how much less man, who is a maggot?
    And the son of man, who is a worm?”
Job 25
New International Version
Bildad
25 Then Bildad the Shuhite(A) replied:
2 “Dominion and awe belong to God;(B)
    he establishes order in the heights of heaven.(C)
3 Can his forces be numbered?
    On whom does his light not rise?(D)
4 How then can a mortal be righteous before God?
    How can one born of woman be pure?(E)
5 If even the moon(F) is not bright
    and the stars are not pure in his eyes,(G)
6 how much less a mortal, who is but a maggot—
    a human being,(H) who is only a worm!”(I)
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