Job 25

1 Then Bildad [also] replied,

Then Baldad the Suhite answered by saying:

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

Power and terror are with him that makes a pact with those in high places.

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 limit to the number of his soldiers or to the number of those over whom his light rises?

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]

Is it right for man to compare himself to God, or to appear pure though he is born of 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.

Behold, even the moon is not radiant, 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.”

Is man much more than rottenness and the son of man much more than worms?