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 Answers

25 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered:

“God rules and must be honored.
    He set up order in his high heaven.
No one can count God’s armies.
    His light shines on all people.
So no man can be good in the presence of God.
    No one born to a woman can be pure.
Even the moon is not bright,
    and the stars are not pure in his eyes.
Man is much less! He is like an insect.
    He is only a worm!”