< Job 25 >

1 Then Bildad the Shuhite spoke up and said,
Then Baldad the Sauchite answered and said,
2 “Dominion and awe belong to God. He brings peace to his heavens.
What beginning or fear is his—even he that makes all things in the highest?
3 Who can count his armies? Is there anywhere his light doesn't shine?
For let none think that there is a respite for robbers: and upon whom will there not come a snare from him?
4 How can a human being be right before God? Can anyone born of woman be pure?
For how shall a mortal be just before the Lord? or who that is born of a woman shall purify himself?
5 If in God's eyes even the moon does not shine brightly, and the stars are not pure,
If he gives an order to the moon, then it shines not; and the stars are not pure before him.
6 how much less a human being—who by comparison is like a maggot or a worm!”
But alas! man is corruption, and the son of man a worm.

< Job 25 >