Job 25
25
Bildad Speaks
1Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
2Dominion and dread#2Ch 20:29; Jb 13:11; Ps 36:1 belong to him,
the one who establishes harmony in his heights.
3Can his troops be numbered?
Does his light not shine on everyone?
4How can a human be justified before God?#Jb 9:2; Ps 143:2; Rm 3:20
How can one born of woman be pure?#Jb 4:17; 15:14; Pr 20:9
5If even the moon does not shine
and the stars are not pure in his sight,#Jb 4:18; 15:15; 21:22
6how much less a human, who is a maggot,
a son of man,#25:6 Or a mere mortal who is a worm!#Ps 8:4; 22:6; Is 41:14
Currently Selected:
Job 25: CSB
Highlight
Share
Copy
Want to have your highlights saved across all your devices? Sign up or sign in
© 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
Job 25
25
Bildad’s Third Speech. 1#At this point any structure in the dialogues disappears. Bildad’s speech is very short, and there follow two speeches attributed to Job, with significantly different introductions in 27:1 and 29:1, and with no intervening third speech of Zophar. Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:
2Dominion and dread are his
who brings about harmony in his heavens.
3Is there any numbering of his troops?#His troops: the heavenly host, or army, the stars (cf. Jgs 5:20), later understood as angels.
Yet on which of them does his light not rise?
4How can anyone be in the right against God,#Jb 4:17; 9:2; 35:2.
or how can any born of woman be innocent?
5Even the moon is not bright
and the stars are not clean in his eyes.
6How much less a human being, who is but a worm,
a mortal, who is only a maggot?#Jb 4:19; 15:16.
Currently Selected:
:
Highlight
Share
Copy
Want to have your highlights saved across all your devices? Sign up or sign in
Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc