1 T hen Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:

Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,

2 “ Dominion and fear belong to Him; He makes peace in His high places.

Dominion and fear are with; He makes peace in His high places.

3 I s there any number to His armies? Upon whom does His light not rise?

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

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

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

5 I f even the moon does not shine, And the stars are not pure in His sight,

Behold, even the moon has no brightness and the stars are not 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 a maggot! And a son of man, who is a worm!