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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 "Dominion and fear are with God; he makes peace 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 Is there any number to his armies? Upon whom does his light not arise?
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3 Can his forces be numbered? Upon whom does his light not rise?
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4 How then can man be righteous before God? How can he who is born of woman be clean?
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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 Behold, even the moon is not bright and the stars are not clean in his sight;
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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 how much less man, who is a maggot, and the son of man, who is a worm!"
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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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