1 T hen Bildad the Shuhite answered,

¶ Then Bildad, the Shuhite, answered, and said,

2 D ominion and fear are with; He makes peace in His high places.

Dominion and fear are with God; he makes peace in his high places.

3 I s there any number to His armies? And upon whom does not His light arise?

Is there any number to his armies? And upon whom does his light not arise?

4 H ow then can man be justified and righteous before God? Or how can he who is born of a woman be pure and clean?

How then can man be justified with God? Or how can he that is born of a woman be clean?

5 B ehold, even the moon has no brightness and the stars are not pure in His sight—

Behold, even the moon shall not shine, neither are the stars pure in his sight.

6 H ow much less man, who is a maggot! And a son of man, who is a worm!

How much less man, who is as a worm, and the son of man, who is also a worm?