Bildad Speaks

25 Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:

Dominion and dread(A) belong to him,
the one who establishes harmony in his heights.
Can his troops be numbered?
Does his light not shine on everyone?
How can a human be justified before God?(B)
How can one born of woman be pure?(C)
If even the moon does not shine
and the stars are not pure in his sight,(D)
how much less a human, who is a maggot,
a son of man,[a] who is a worm!(E)

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Footnotes

  1. 25:6 Or a mere mortal

Bildad Speaks a Third Time

25 Bildad from Shuah responded and said:

“Dominion and fear belong to God;[a]
    who fashions peace in his high heaven.
Is there any limit to his armies?
    On whom does his light not shine?[b]
How can a human being[c] become right with God?
    How can a human being[d] be pure?
Behold, even the moon isn’t bright,
    and the stars aren’t pure in his eyes.
How much less is man, who is only a maggot,
    or a man’s children, who are only worms!”

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Footnotes

  1. Job 25:2 Lit. him
  2. Job 25:3 Lit. rise
  3. Job 25:4 Lit. man
  4. Job 25:4 Lit. can one born of a woman