Job 25
New Catholic Bible
Bildad’s Third Speech[a]
Chapter 25
God’s Dominance Inspires Terror. 1 Then Bildad the Shuhite responded:
2 “Sovereignty and awe belong to God
who has established peace in his realm on high.
3 How can anyone number his forces?[b]
Upon whom does his light not arise?
4 “How then can any man be righteous in God’s eyes?
How can one born of woman be regarded as virtuous?
5 If in his eyes the moon is not bright
and the stars are not pure,
6 how much less is man, who is a maggot,
a son of man, who is a worm?”
Footnotes
- Job 25:1 The course of the debate gives the author an opportunity to introduce a fine piece on the greatness of God. According to some critics, Job interrupts briefly (Job 26:1-4), and Bildad’s speech continues in Job 26:5-14. In this interpretation, Job picks up his thread again in Job 27:1ff.
- Job 25:3 Forces: the angels and the stars.
Jòb 25
Haitian Creole Version
25 ¶ Bildad, moun lavil Chwa a, pran lapawòl, li di konsa:
2 -Bondye se chèf. Li fè tout moun respekte l'. Li fè tout moun nan peyi ki nan syèl la viv ak kè poze.
3 Ki moun ki ka konte kantite zanj k'ap sèvi l'? Pa gen kote limyè Bondye a pa klere.
4 Atò, moun ka konprann yo gen rezon devan Bondye? Pitit fanm pouse met atè ka san repwòch devan li?
5 Nan je Bondye, menm lalin lan pa klere ase. Pa gen yonn nan zetwal yo ki bon nèt pou li.
6 Ale wè pou moun, yon vètè, yon ti krebete! Kisa yo vo nan je Bondye?
Job 25
King James Version
25 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
2 Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high places.
3 Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?
4 How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?
5 Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.
6 How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?
