Job 25
La Bible du Semeur
Troisième discours de Bildad
L’homme pourrait-il être pur ?
25 Et Bildad de Shouah prit la parole et dit :
2 Il détient un pouvoir ╵souverain, effrayant.
Il fait régner la paix ╵dans les lieux élevés.
3 Peut-on compter ses troupes[a],
et sur qui sa lumière ╵ne se lève-t-elle pas ?
4 Comment un homme ╵pourrrait-il être justifié ╵par-devers Dieu ?
Et comment l’être ╵né d’une femme ╵pourrait-il être pur ?
5 Si, devant lui, la lune même ╵est sans éclat,
si les étoiles ╵ne sont pas pures à ses yeux,
6 que dire alors de l’homme ╵qui n’est qu’un vermisseau,
de l’être humain ╵qui n’est qu’un ver ?
Footnotes
- 25.3 C’est-à-dire les étoiles, les anges, les éléments.
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?
Job 25
New King James Version
Bildad: How Can Man Be Righteous?
25 Then (A)Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:
2 “Dominion and fear belong to Him;
He makes peace in His high places.
3 [a]Is there any number to His armies?
Upon whom does (B)His light not rise?
4 (C)How then can man be righteous before God?
Or how can he be (D)pure who is born of a woman?
5 If even the moon does not shine,
And the stars are not pure in His (E)sight,
6 How much less man, who is (F)a maggot,
And a son of man, who is a worm?”
Footnotes
- Job 25:3 Can His armies be counted?
Job 25
English Standard Version
Bildad Speaks: Man Cannot Be Righteous
25 Then (A)Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:
2 “Dominion and fear are with God;[a]
he makes peace in his high heaven.
3 Is there any number to his (B)armies?
Upon whom does his (C)light not arise?
4 How then can man be (D)in the right before God?
How can he who is (E)born of woman be (F)pure?
5 Behold, even the moon is not bright,
and the stars are not pure in his eyes;
6 (G)how much less man, who is (H)a maggot,
and (I)the son of man, who is a worm!”
Footnotes
- Job 25:2 Hebrew him
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