1 Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:

2 "Dominion and awe belong to God; he establishes order in the heights of heaven.

3 Can his forces be numbered? On whom does his light not rise?

4 How then can a mortal be righteous before God? How can one born of woman be pure?

5 If even the moon is not bright and the stars are not pure in his eyes,

6 how much less a mortal, who is but a maggot — a human being, who is only a worm!"

1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

2 Dominion and fear are with him, he makes peace in his high places.

3 Is there any number of his armies? and on whom does not his light arise?

4 How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?

5 Behold even to the moon, and it shines not; yes, the stars are not pure in his sight.

6 How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?