Job 25

1 Et Bildad de Such répondit et dit:

Then Bildad [also] replied,

2 Il a l'empire et une majesté redoutable; Il fait régner la paix dans ses hautes régions.

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

3 Peut-on compter ses bataillons? Et sur qui ne se lève pas sa lumière?

(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]

4 Aussi comment serait juste l'homme devant Dieu, et comment pur, l'enfant de la femme?

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]

5 Voici, la lune même n'est pas brillante, ni les étoiles pures, à ses yeux!

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

6 Combien moins le mortel, qui est un ver, et l'enfant de l'homme, qui est un vermisseau!

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.”