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 justified with El? 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 to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, 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, which is a worm?