New Revised Standard NRS
The Bible in Basic English BBE
1 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered:
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Then Bildad the Shuhite made answer and said,
2 "Dominion and fear are with God; he makes peace in his high heaven.
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Rule and power are his; he makes peace in his high places.
3 Is there any number to his armies? Upon whom does his light not arise?
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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 a mortal be righteous before God? How can one born of woman be pure?
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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 If even the moon is not bright and the stars are not pure in his sight,
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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 mortal, who is a maggot, and a human being, who is a worm!"
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How much less man who is an insect, and the son of man who is a worm!
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