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Bildad Speaks: No One Is Righteous to God

25 Then Bildad from Shuah replied to Job,

“Authority and terror belong to God.
    He establishes peace in his high places.
Is there any limit to the number of his troops?
    Is there anyone on whom his light does not rise?
How can a person be righteous to El?
    How can anyone born of a woman be pure?
        Even the moon isn’t bright,
            and the stars aren’t pure in his sight.
How much less pure is a mortal—who is only a maggot—
    a descendant of Adam—who is only a worm!”

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?

Bildad Speaks: Man Cannot Be Righteous

25 Then (A)Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:

“Dominion and fear are with God;[a]
    he makes peace in his high heaven.
Is there any number to his (B)armies?
    Upon whom does his (C)light not arise?
How then can man be (D)in the right before God?
    How can he who is (E)born of woman be (F)pure?
Behold, even the moon is not bright,
    and the stars are not pure in his eyes;
(G)how much less man, who is (H)a maggot,
    and (I)the son of man, who is a worm!”

Footnotes

  1. Job 25:2 Hebrew him