Bildad’s Third Attack

Even the Stars Aren’t Perfect in God’s Eyes

25 1-6 Bildad the Shuhite again attacked Job:

“God is sovereign, God is fearsome—
    everything in the cosmos fits and works in his plan.
Can anyone count his angel armies?
    Is there any place where his light doesn’t shine?
How can a mere mortal presume to stand up to God?
    How can an ordinary person pretend to be guiltless?
Why, even the moon has its flaws,
    even the stars aren’t perfect in God’s eyes,
So how much less, plain men and women—
    slugs and maggots by comparison!”

Tercer discurso de Bildad

25 A esto respondió Bildad de Súah:

«Dios es poderoso e infunde temor;
    él pone orden en las alturas de los cielos.
¿Pueden contarse acaso sus ejércitos?
    ¿Sobre quién no alumbra su luz?
¿Cómo puede una persona declararse justo ante Dios?
    ¿Cómo puede alegar pureza quien ha nacido de mujer?
Si a sus ojos no tiene brillo la luna,
    ni son puras las estrellas,
mucho menos el hombre, simple gusano;
    ¡mucho menos el hombre, miserable lombriz!».

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?