1 Then responded Bildad the Shuhite, and said:—
2 Dominion and dread, are with him, who causeth prosperity among his lofty ones;
3 Is there any number to his troops? And upon whom ariseth not his light?
4 How then shall, a mortal, be just with GOD? Or how shall he be pure who is born of a woman?
5 Look as far as the moon, and it is not clear, and, the stars, are not bright in his eyes!
6 How much less a mortal who is a creeping thing? Or a son of the earth-born who is a worm?
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Today's Verse
if they return unto thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captive, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name:
Verse Of The DayBildad's question 'how can he be clean that is born of a woman' echoes an idea explored further in Job 15:14-16. Job answers this challenge directly in Job 26.
