1 T hen Bildad the Shuhite answered,

Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,

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

“Power and fear belong to God. He keeps 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? Upon whom does His light not shine?

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 a man be right and good before God? How can he who is born of woman be clean?

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

See, even the moon is not bright and the stars are not pure in His eyes.

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 a bug, and the son of man, who is a worm!”