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Bildad Speaks: Man Cannot Be Righteous

25 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered:

“Dominion and fear are with Him;
    He makes peace in His high places.
Is there any number to His armies?
    And upon whom does His light not rise?
How then can man be righteous with God?
    Or how can he who is born of a woman be clean?
Behold, even the moon does not shine,
    and the stars are not pure in His sight;
how much less man, who is a maggot?
    And the son of man, who is a worm?”

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)

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 answered Bildad the Shuchi, and said,

Dominion and pachad are with Him, oseh shalom bimromav.

Is there any number of His armies? And upon whom doth not His ohr arise?

Mah yitzdak Enosh im El (how then can man be justified, set right, with G-d?) Or how can he be clean that is born of isha?

If even the yarei’ach shineth not, yea, the kokhavim are not pure in His sight,

How much less enosh, that is a maggot? And the ben adam, which is a tola’at (worm)?