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Bildad Answers Job
1 Then Bildad from Shuah answered:
2 “God is the ruler.
He makes people fear and respect him.
He keeps peace in his kingdom above.
3 No one can count his stars.*
His sun rises on all people.
4 How can anyone claim to be right before God?
No human being† can really be pure.
5 In God’s eyes even the moon is not pure and bright;
even the stars are not pure.
6 People are much less pure.
They are like maggots, as worthless as worms!”
* 25:3 his stars Or “his troops.” This means God’s heavenly army. It could be all the angels or all the stars in the sky. † 25:4 No human being Literally, “No one born from woman.”