Job Chapter 25

Bildad's shortest and final word to Job: no one is pure before God.

Job 25 - Bildad's Final Reply

In this short closing speech, Job 24 gives way to Bildad's last argument: if even the moon and stars are not pure in God's sight, no human born of a woman can claim to be clean. Read the full text in the Job overview.


Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,

\"Dominion and fear are with him; He makes peace in his high places.

Can his armies be counted? On whom does his light not arise?

How then can man be just with God? Or how can he who is born of a woman be clean?

Behold, even the moon has no brightness, And the stars are not pure in his sight;

How much less man, who is a worm! The son of man, who is a worm!\"

Bildad's question 'how can he be clean that is born of a woman' echoes an idea explored further in <a href="/bible/web/job/chapter-15/14">Job 15:14-16</a>. Job answers this challenge directly in <a href="/bible/web/job/chapter-26">Job 26</a>.