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25 Then answered Bildad the Shuchi, and said,

Dominion and pachad are with Him, oseh shalom bimromav.

Is there any number of His armies? And upon whom doth not His ohr arise?

Mah yitzdak Enosh im El (how then can man be justified, set right, with G-d?) Or how can he be clean that is born of isha?

If even the yarei’ach shineth not, yea, the kokhavim are not pure in His sight,

How much less enosh, that is a maggot? And the ben adam, which is a tola’at (worm)?

Bildad

25 Then Bildad the Shuhite(A) replied:

“Dominion and awe belong to God;(B)
    he establishes order in the heights of heaven.(C)
Can his forces be numbered?
    On whom does his light not rise?(D)
How then can a mortal be righteous before God?
    How can one born of woman be pure?(E)
If even the moon(F) is not bright
    and the stars are not pure in his eyes,(G)
how much less a mortal, who is but a maggot—
    a human being,(H) who is only a worm!”(I)