Job 25

1 Then responded Bildad the Shuhite, and said: —

And Bildad the Shuhite answers and says:

2 Dominion and dread, are with him, who causeth prosperity among his lofty ones;

“The rule and fear [are] with Him, Making peace in His high places.

3 Is there any number to his troops? And upon whom ariseth not his light?

Is their [any] number to His troops? And on whom does His light not arise?

4 How then shall, a mortal, be just with GOD? Or how shall he be pure who is born of a woman?

And what? Is man righteous with God? And what? Is he pure—born of a woman?

5 Look as far as the moon, and it is not clear, and, the stars, are not bright in his eyes!

Behold—to the moon, and it does not shine, And stars have not been pure in His eyes.

6 How much less a mortal who is a creeping thing? Or a son of the earth-born who is a worm?

How much less man—a grub, And the son of man—a worm!”