| Christian Standard Bible | NET Bible |
| 1Then Bildad the Shuhite replied: | 1Then Bildad the Shuhite answered: |
| 2Dominion and dread belong to him, the one who establishes harmony in his heights. | 2"Dominion and awesome might belong to God; he establishes peace in his heights. |
| 3Can his troops be numbered? Does his light not shine on everyone? | 3Can his armies be numbered? On whom does his light not rise? |
| 4How can a human be justified before God? How can one born of woman be pure? | 4How then can a human being be righteous before God? How can one born of a woman be pure? |
| 5If even the moon does not shine and the stars are not pure in his sight, | 5If even the moon is not bright, and the stars are not pure as far as he is concerned, |
| 6how much less a human, who is a maggot, a son of man, who is a worm! | 6how much less a mortal man, who is but a maggot--a son of man, who is only a worm!" |
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