Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible RHE
The Message Bible MSG
1 Then Baldad the Suhite answered, and I said:
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Bildad the Shuhite again attacked Job:
2 Power and terror are with him, who maketh peace in his high places.
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"God is sovereign, God is fearsome - everything in the cosmos fits and works in his plan.
3 Is there any numbering of his soldiers? and upon whom shall not his light arise?
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Can anyone count his angel armies? Is there any place where his light doesn't shine?
4 Can man be justified compared with God, or he that is born of a woman appear clean?
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How can a mere mortal presume to stand up to God? How can an ordinary person pretend to be guiltless?
5 Behold even the moon doth not shine, and the stars are not pure in his sight.
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Why, even the moon has its flaws, even the stars aren't perfect in God's eyes,
6 How much less man that is rottenness and the son of man who is a worm?
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So how much less, plain men and women - slugs and maggots by comparison!"
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