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1 Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
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Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
2 “Dominion and awe belong to God; he establishes order in the heights of heaven.
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“God is powerful and dreadful. He enforces peace in the heavens.
3 Can his forces be numbered? On whom does his light not rise?
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Who is able to count his heavenly army? Doesn’t his light shine on all the earth?
4 How then can a mortal be righteous before God? How can one born of woman be pure?
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How can a mortal be innocent before God? Can anyone born of a woman be pure?
5 If even the moon is not bright and the stars are not pure in his eyes,
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God is more glorious than the moon; he shines brighter than the stars.
6 how much less a mortal, who is but a maggot— a human being, who is only a worm!”
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In comparison, people are maggots; we mortals are mere worms.”
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