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Bildad Answers

25 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered:

“·God rules and he must be honored [L Rule/Dominion and dread are with him];
    he ·set up order [establishes peace] in his high heaven.
·No one can count God’s armies [L Is there a number to his troops?].
    ·His light shines on all people [L Upon whom does his light not rise?].
·So no one can be good [What mortal can be righteous…?] in the presence of God,
    and ·no one [who…?] born to a woman can be pure.
Even the moon is not bright
    and the stars are not pure in his eyes.
People are much less! They are like ·insects [L maggots].
    They are only worms!”

Round Three: Bildad’s Speech

25 Bildad the Shuhite responded:

The power to rule and to inspire fear belongs to him.
He makes peace on high.
Can anyone count his troops?
Is there anyone on whom his light does not rise?
How then can a man be righteous with God?
How can one born of a woman be pure?
If even the moon does not shine brightly for him,
and if the stars are not pure in his eyes,
how much less a man, who is a maggot,
and a son of man, who is a worm?