- 1 (Bildad Speaks: Man Cannot Be Righteous) Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:
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"Dominion and fear are with God; he makes peace in his high heaven.
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Is there any number to his armies? Upon whom does his light not arise?
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How then can man be in the right before God? How can he who is born of woman be pure?
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Behold, even the moon is not bright, and the stars are not pure in his eyes;
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how much less man, who is a maggot, and the son of man, who is a worm!"