Job

Chapter 25

Bildad on Divine Dominion and Human Unworthiness

Bildad the Shuhite speaks briefly of God's dominion and fear, His power to make peace in the heavens, and His innumerable armies over which His light arises everywhere. He questions how man can be justified with God or be clean when born of a woman. Bildad points to the moon that does not shine and the stars that are not pure in God's sight, concluding that man—who is but a worm—is even less pure than these celestial bodies in the eyes of the Almighty.

God's dominionHuman unworthinessImpurity and sinDivine justiceCosmic perspective

¹Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

²Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high places.

³Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?

⁴How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?

⁵Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.

⁶How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?

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