1 T hen Bildad the Shuhite answered,

Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,

2 “ Dominion and fear are with him. He makes peace in his high places.

“ Dominion and awe belong to Him Who establishes peace in His heights.

3 C an his armies be counted? On whom does his light not arise?

“Is there any number to His troops? And upon whom does His light not rise?

4 H ow then can man be just with God? Or how can he who is born of a woman be clean?

“How then can a man be just with God? Or how can he be clean who is born of woman?

5 B ehold, even the moon has no brightness, and the stars are not pure in his sight;

“If even the moon has no brightness And the stars are not pure in His sight,

6 H ow much less man, who is a worm, the son of man, who is a worm!”

How much less man, that maggot, And the son of man, that worm!”