Parallel Chapters Bildad: Man Cannot Be Righteous | 1Then Bildad the Shuhite replied: | 1Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said: | 1Then Bildad the Shuhite answered, | 1Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, | 1Then Bildad the Shuhite replied: |
| 2"Dominion and awe belong to God; he establishes order in the heights of heaven. | 2“Dominion and fear are with God; he makes peace in his high heaven. | 2"Dominion and awe belong to Him Who establishes peace in His heights. | 2Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high places. | 2Dominion and dread belong to Him, the One who establishes harmony in the heavens. |
| 3Can his forces be numbered? On whom does his light not rise? | 3Is there any number to his armies? Upon whom does his light not arise? | 3"Is there any number to His troops? And upon whom does His light not rise? | 3Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise? | 3Can His troops be numbered? Does His light not shine on everyone? |
| 4How then can a mortal be righteous before God? How can one born of woman be pure? | 4How then can man be in the right before God? How can he who is born of woman be pure? | 4"How then can a man be just with God? Or how can he be clean who is born of woman? | 4How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman? | 4How can a person be justified before God? How can one born of woman be pure? |
| 5If even the moon is not bright and the stars are not pure in his eyes, | 5Behold, even the moon is not bright, and the stars are not pure in his eyes; | 5"If even the moon has no brightness And the stars are not pure in His sight, | 5Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight. | 5If even the moon does not shine and the stars are not pure in His sight, |
| 6how much less a mortal, who is but a maggot-- a human being, who is only a worm!" | 6how much less man, who is a maggot, and the son of man, who is a worm!” | 6How much less man, that maggot, And the son of man, that worm!" | 6How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm? | 6how much less man, who is a maggot, and the son of man, who is a worm! |
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