| English Standard Version | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said: | 1Then Bildad the Shuhite answered, |
| 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. |
| 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? |
| 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? |
| 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, |
| 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!" |
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