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