Jó 25:1

1 Então respondeu Bildade, o suíta:

Jó 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.

Jó 25:1 In-Context

1 Então respondeu Bildade, o suíta:

2 Com Deus estão domínio e temor; ele faz reinar a paz nas suas alturas.

3 Acaso têm número os seus exércitos? E sobre quem não se levanta a sua luz?

4 Como, pois, pode o homem ser justo diante de Deus, e como pode ser puro aquele que nasce da mulher?

5 Eis que até a lua não tem brilho, e as estrelas não são puras aos olhos dele;