Job 25

1 Then Bildad [also] replied,

Then Bildad the Shuhite made answer and said,

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

Rule and power are his; he makes peace in his 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 it possible for his armies to be numbered? and on whom is not his light shining?

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]

How then is it possible for man to be upright before God? or how may he be clean who is a son 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.

See, even the moon is not bright, and the stars are not clean in his eyes:

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.”

How much less man who is an insect, and the son of man who is a worm!