Job 25

Job 25

Bildad Speaks: How Can a Mortal Be Righteous before God?

1Then Bildad the Shuhite answered:

2“Dominion and fear are with God;[#Job 9.4; 22.12; Rev 1.6; #25.2 Heb him]

he makes peace in his high heaven.

3Is there any number to his armies?[#Jas 1.17]

Upon whom does his light not arise?

4How then can a mortal be righteous before God?[#Job 4.17; 14.4; Ps 143.2]

How can one born of woman be pure?

5If even the moon is not bright[#Job 15.15; 31.26]

and the stars are not pure in his sight,

6how much less a mortal, who is a maggot,[#Job 7.17; Ps 22.6]

and a human being, who is a worm!”

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