Job 25

1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

Then Bildad the Shuhite spoke up and said,

2 Dominion and fear [are] with him, he maketh peace in his high places.

“Dominion and awe belong to God. He brings peace to his heavens.

3 Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?

Who can count his armies? Is there anywhere his light doesn't shine?

4 How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean [that is] born of a woman?

How can a human being be right before God? Can anyone born of woman be pure?

5 Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.

If in God's eyes even the moon does not shine brightly, and the stars are not pure,

6 How much less man, [that is] a worm? and the son of man, [which is] a worm?

how much less a human being—who by comparison is like a maggot or a worm!”