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1 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered:
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1 Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
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2 "God rules and he must be honored; he set up order in his high heaven.
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2 "Dominion and awe belong to God; he establishes order in the heights of heaven.
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3 No one can count God's armies. His light shines on all people.
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3 Can his forces be numbered? Upon whom does his light not rise?
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4 So no one can be good in the presence of God, and no one born to a woman can be pure.
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4 How then can a man be righteous before God? How can one born of woman be pure?
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5 Even the moon is not bright and the stars are not pure in his eyes.
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5 If even the moon is not bright and the stars are not pure in his eyes,
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6 People are much less! They are like insects. They are only worms!"
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6 how much less man, who is but a maggot-- a son of man, who is only a worm!"
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| Scripture taken from the New Century Version. Copyright © 1987, 1988, 1991 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (New Century Version Online Bible) |
Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
