Job 25

1 Then Bildad [also] replied,

Then Bildad the Shuhite answered 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 fear are with him; he makes order in his high places 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]

Is there any end to the number of his armies? Upon whom does his light not shine?

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 man be righteous with God? How can he who is born of a woman be clean, acceptable to him?

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

See, even the moon has no brightness to him; 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 a worm— a son of man, who is a worm!”