1 Toe het Bildad, die Suhiet, geantwoord en gesê:

2 Heerskappy en verskrikking is by Hom wat vrede maak in sy hoogtes.

3 Is daar 'n getal vir sy leërskare? En oor wie rys sy lig nie op nie?

4 Hoe sou dan 'n mens regverdig wees by God? En hoe sou hy rein wees wat uit 'n vrou gebore is?

5 Kyk, selfs die maan -- hy skyn nie helder nie; en die sterre is nie rein in sy oë nie.

6 Hoeveel minder die mens, 'n maaier; en die mensekind, 'n wurm.

1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

2 Dominion and fear are with him;

He maketh peace in his high places.

3 Is there any number of his armies?

And upon whom doth not his light arise?

4 How then can man be just with God?

Or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?

5 Behold, even the moon hath no brightness,

And the stars are not pure in his sight:

6 How much less man, that is a worm!

And the son of man, that is a worm!