1 T hen Bildad the Shuhite answered,

Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,

2 “ Power and fear belong to God. He keeps 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 shine?

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

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

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

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

How much less man, who is a maggot! And a son of man, who is a worm!