Bildad Speaks: Man Cannot Be Righteous
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Then a Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:
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"Dominion and fear belong to Him;
He makes peace in His high places.
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Is there any number to His armies?
Upon whom does b His light not rise?
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c How then can man be righteous before God?
Or how can he be d pure who is born of a woman?
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If even the moon does not shine,
And the stars are not pure in His e sight,
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How much less man, who is f a maggot,
And a son of man, who is a worm?"
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Cross References
Job 8:1
Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:
Job 18:1
Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:
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Cross References
James 1:17
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.
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Cross References
Job 4:17
Can a mortal be more righteous than God? Can a man be more pure than his Maker?
Job 15:14
What is man, that he could be pure? And he who is born of a woman, that he could be righteous?
Psalms 130:3
If You, LORD, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?
Psalms 143:2
Do not enter into judgment with Your servant, For in Your sight no one living is righteous.
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Cross References
Job 14:4
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? No one!
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Job 15:15
If God puts no trust in His saints, And the heavens are not pure in His sight.
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Psalms 22:6
But I am a worm, and no man; A reproach of men, and despised by the people.
New King James Version (NKJV) Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.