Job 25:1

Bildad Says Man Is Inferior

1 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,

Job 25:1 Meaning and Commentary

Job 25:1

Then answered Bildad the Shuhite
Not to what Job had just now delivered, in order to disprove that, that men, guilty of the grossest crimes, often go unpunished in this life, and prosper and succeed, and die in peace and quietness, as other men; either because he was convinced of the truth of what he had said, or else because he thought he was an obstinate man, and that it was best to let him alone, and say no more to him, since there was no likelihood of working any conviction on him; wherefore he only tries to possess his mind of the greatness and majesty of God, in order to deter him from applying to God in a judicial way, and expecting redress and relief from him;

and said;
as follows.

Job 25:1 In-Context

1 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,

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

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

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

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

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "answered and said"