Verse 1
Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:
Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
Verse 2
Dominion and awe belong to Him; He establishes peace in His high places.
Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high places.
Verse 3
Is there any number to His armies? Upon whom does His light not rise?
Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?
Verse 4
How then can a mortal be righteous before God? How can one born of a woman be pure?
How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?
Verse 5
Even the moon is not bright, and the stars are not pure in His sight.
Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.
Verse 6
How much less a mortal, who is but a maggot, and a human, who is only a worm!
How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?