< Job 25 >
1 Then responded Bildad the Shuhite, and said: —
Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
2 Dominion and dread, are with him, who causeth prosperity among his lofty ones;
Dominion and fear are with him; He maketh peace in his high places.
3 Is there any number to his troops? And upon whom ariseth not his light?
Is there any number of his armies? And upon whom doth not his light arise?
4 How then shall, a mortal, be just with GOD? Or how shall he be pure who is born of a woman?
How then can man be just with God? Or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?
5 Look as far as the moon, and it is not clear, and, the stars, are not bright in his eyes!
Behold, even the moon hath no brightness, And the stars are not pure in his sight:
6 How much less a mortal who is a creeping thing? Or a son of the earth-born who is a worm?
How much less man, that is a worm! And the son of man, that is a worm!