The Complete Jewish Bible CJB
The Bible in Basic English BBE
1 Bildad the Shuchi said,
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Then Bildad the Shuhite made answer and said,
2 "Dominion and fear belong to him; he makes peace in his high places.
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Rule and power are his; he makes peace in his high places.
3 Can his armies be numbered? On whom does his light not shine?
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Is it possible for his armies to be numbered? and on whom is not his light shining?
4 How then can humans be righteous with God? How can those born of women be clean?
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How then is it possible for man to be upright before God? or how may he be clean who is a son of woman?
5 Why, before him even the moon lacks brightness, and the stars themselves are not pure.
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See, even the moon is not bright, and the stars are not clean in his eyes:
6 How much less a human, who is merely a maggot, a mortal, who is only a worm?!"
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How much less man who is an insect, and the son of man who is a worm!