Job 25

1 Then Bildad [also] replied,

Then responded Bildad the Shuhite, and said: —

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

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]

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

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

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

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

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 a mortal who is a creeping thing? Or a son of the earth-born who is a worm?