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1 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered:
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Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
2 "God rules and he must be honored; he set up order in his high heaven.
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“Dominion and awe belong to God; he establishes order in the heights of heaven.
3 No one can count God's armies. His light shines on all people.
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Can his forces be numbered? On whom does his light not rise?
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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How then can a mortal be righteous before God? How can one born of woman be pure?
5 Even the moon is not bright and the stars are not pure in his eyes.
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If even the moon is not bright and the stars are not pure in his eyes,
6 People are much less! They are like insects. They are only worms!"
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how much less a mortal, who is but a maggot— a human being, who is only a worm!”
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