1Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
1And Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:
2“Dominion and awe belong to God;
He establishes harmony in the heights of heaven.
2“Dominion and dread are with Him, the One making peace in His high places.
3Can His troops be numbered?
On whom does His light not rise?
3Is there a number to His troops? And upon whom does His light not arise?
4How then can a man be just before God?
How can one born of woman be pure?
4So how can a man be righteous with God? Or what can be pure that is born of a woman?
5If even the moon does not shine,
and the stars are not pure in His sight,
5Behold, even the moon does not shine, and the stars are not pure in His eyes.
6how much less man, who is but a maggot,
and the son of man, who is but a worm!”
6How much less a man—a maggot, and a son of man—a worm!”