Job 25

1 Then responded Bildad the Shuhite, and said: —

Så tog Sjuhiten Bildad til Orde og sagde:

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

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

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

Er der mon Tal på hans Skarer? Mod hvem står ikke hans Baghold op?

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

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

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

Selv Månen er ikke klar i hans Øjne og Stjernerne ikke rene

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

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