| Holman Christian Standard Bible | King James Bible |
| 1Then Bildad the Shuhite replied: | 1Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, |
| 2Dominion and dread belong to Him, the One who establishes harmony in the heavens. | 2Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high places. |
| 3Can His troops be numbered? Does His light not shine on everyone? | 3Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise? |
| 4How can a person be justified before God? How can one born of woman be pure? | 4How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman? |
| 5If even the moon does not shine 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. |
| 6how much less man, who is a maggot, and the son of man, who is a worm! | 6How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm? |
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