Job 25

KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 25 of 42

¹ ¶ And Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:

² Rule and fear are with Him, making peace in His high places.

³ Is there any number of His troops? And on whom does His light not rise?

⁴ How then can man be justified with God? Or how can one who is born of a woman be pure?

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Chapter Summary

Bildad shows that man cannot be justified before Jehovah.

Key Hebrew Words

צָדֵק be justified H6663 · TWOT 1879

זָכָה be pure, clean H2135 · TWOT 549

מָשַׁל dominion, rule H4910 · TWOT 1259

שָׁלוֹם peace H7965 · TWOT 2401a

אֱנוֹשׁ frail man H582 · TWOT 136a

רִמָּה maggot, worm H7415 · TWOT 2175a

People & Context

Bildad the Shuhite

Job's friend; gives his brief final speech, arguing no man born of woman can be pure or justified before God.

Timeline

Bildad's Third Speech: The Impurity of Man

In a brief final speech, Bildad argues that since God makes peace in the high places and even the moon and stars are not pure in His eyes, man—who is but a maggot and a worm—cannot be justified before God.

Job 25:1-6

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