Job 25

1 Then Bildad [also] replied,

Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:

2 “God is very powerful; everyone should have an awesome respect for him; he causes everything to be peaceful high up in heaven.

“Dominion and awe belong to God; He establishes harmony in the heights of heaven.

3 (Can anyone count the angels who are in his army [in heaven]?/No one can count the angels who are in his army [in heaven].) [RHQ] (Is there any place where his light does not shine?/There is no place where his light does not shine.) [RHQ]

Can His troops be numbered? On whom does His light not rise?

4 So, (how can God consider anyone to be righteous?/God certainly cannot consider anyone to be righteous.) [RHQ] (How can any human being be truly pure?/No human being can be truly pure.) [RHQ]

How then can a man be just before God? How can one born of woman be pure?

5 Consider this: God does not even consider the full moon to be bright, and he does not consider the stars to be spotless.

If even the moon does not shine, and the stars are not pure in His sight,

6 So, (what about humans?/he does not consider humans [to be important].) [RHQ] They are [as insignificant as] [MET] maggots. [God does not think more highly of] people [than he thinks of] worms.”

how much less man, who is but a maggot, and the son of man, who is but a worm!”