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1 Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
2 “Dominion and awe belong to God; He establishes harmony in the heights of heaven.
3 Can His troops be numbered? On whom does His light not rise?
4 How then can a man be just before God? How can one born of woman be pure?
5 If even the moon does not shine, and the stars are not pure in His sight,
6 how much less man, who is but a maggot, and the son of man, who is but a worm!”
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Bildad's final, short speech about in Job 25?
In his brief third and last speech, Bildad simply asserts God's dominion and majesty, asking how any human born of woman could possibly be pure or justified before him (v.2-4).
What does Job 25:6 mean calling man a worm?
Bildad closes by calling man 'a worm' and 'the son of man...a worm' (v.6), pressing his point that even the moon and stars aren't pure in God's sight — a line similar to Eliphaz's earlier argument at Job 15:14-16.
Why is Job 25 one of the shortest chapters in Job?
It's Bildad's last recorded speech in the debate, only six verses restating a familiar point about God's greatness and human unworthiness rather than adding new argument (v.1-6).
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but there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and he hath made known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these:
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