1 ف َأجابَ بِلْدَدُ الشُّوحِيُّ:

Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

2 « للهِ السِّيادَةُ وَالمَهابَةُ. هُوَ يَصنَعُ سَلاماً فِي الأعالِي.

Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high places.

3 أ يُحصَى عَدَدُ جُنُودِهِ؟ وَعَلَى مَنْ لا يُشرِقُ نُورُهُ؟

Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?

4 و َكَيفَ يَكُونُ الإنسانُ بَرِيئاً فِي حَضْرَةِ اللهِ؟ وَكَيفَ يَكُونُ طاهِراً مَولُودُ المَرأةِ؟

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

5 ح َتَّى القَمَرُ غَيرُ ساطِعٍ، وَالنُّجُومُ غَيرُ طاهِرَةٍ فِي عَينَيهِ.

Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.

6 ف َكَمْ بِالحِرِيِّ الإنسانُ الّذِي يُشْبِهُ اليَرَقَةَ، وَابْنُ آدَمَ الّذِي يُشْبِهُ الدُّودَ؟»

How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?