1 T hen Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:

Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

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

Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh 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 of his armies? and upon whom doth 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 with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?

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

Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, 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, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?