Job 25

1 Saa tog Sjuhiten Bildad til Orde og sagde:

Then responded Bildad the Shuhite, and said: —

2 Hos ham er der Vælde og Rædsel, han skaber Fred i sin høje Bolig.

Dominion and dread, are with him, who causeth prosperity among his lofty ones;

3 Er der mon Tal paa hans Skarer? Mod hvem staar ikke hans Baghold op?

Is there any number to his troops? And upon whom ariseth not his light?

4 Hvor kan en Mand have Ret imod Gud, hvor kan en kvindefødt være ren?

How then shall, a mortal, be just with GOD? Or how shall he be pure who is born of a woman?

5 Selv Maanen er ikke klar i hans Øjne og Stjernerne ikke rene,

Look as far as the moon, and it is not clear, and, the stars, are not bright in his eyes!

6 endsige en Mand, det Kryb, et Menneskebarn, den Orm!

How much less a mortal who is a creeping thing? Or a son of the earth-born who is a worm?