Job 25
International Children’s Bible
Bildad Answers
25 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered:
2 “God rules and must be honored.
He set up order in his high heaven.
3 No one can count God’s armies.
His light shines on all people.
4 So no man can be good in the presence of God.
No one born to a woman can be pure.
5 Even the moon is not bright,
and the stars are not pure in his eyes.
6 Man is much less! He is like an insect.
He is only a worm!”
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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