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.

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

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

5 I f even the moon does not shine, 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!”