New Century Version NCV
The Complete Jewish Bible CJB
1 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered:
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Bildad the Shuchi said,
2 "God rules and he must be honored; he set up order in his high heaven.
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"Dominion and fear belong to him; he makes peace in his high places.
3 No one can count God's armies. His light shines on all people.
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Can his armies be numbered? On whom does his light not shine?
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 humans be righteous with God? How can those born of women be clean?
5 Even the moon is not bright and the stars are not pure in his eyes.
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Why, before him even the moon lacks brightness, and the stars themselves are not pure.
6 People are much less! They are like insects. They are only worms!"
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How much less a human, who is merely a maggot, a mortal, who is only a worm?!"
Scripture taken from the New Century Version. Copyright © 1987, 1988, 1991 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.