Job 25

1 Then responded Bildad the Shuhite, and said: —

And Bildad the Shuhite answered 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 troops? 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?

And how should man be just with God? Or how should 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!

Lo, even the moon is not bright; 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, a worm, and the son of man, a worm!