Job 25
6 verses
Bildad makes a final brief statement, asserting the dominion of God and the relative insignificance of humans who are born of woman and therefore inherently corrupt, suggesting that no mortal can be righteous before such a God. The brevity of Bildad's response suggests that even he recognizes that his theology has been exhausted and cannot withstand Job's challenges. The theological position he stakes is one of complete human depravity and unworthiness before God, a position that, while true in some sense, offers no comfort to the sufferer and no path forward. This chapter marks the beginning of the friends' exhaustion, as they have repeated their doctrine numerous times and it has proven unable to address Job's situation.
VERSES IN THIS CHAPTER
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Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
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2
Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high places.
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Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?
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How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?
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Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.
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How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?
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