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Then Bildad the Shuhite replied;
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"Dominion and awe belong to God; he estalishes order in the heights of heaven.
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Can his forces be numbered? Upon whom does his light not rise?
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How then can a man be righteous before God?
How can one born of woman be pure?
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If even the moon is not bright and the stars are not pure in his eyes,
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how much less man, who is but a maggot - a son of man, who is only a worm!"
Bildad's final reply was weak. It ignored Job's examples of the prosperity of the wicked.
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how much less man, who is but a maggot - a son of man, who is only a worm!"
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It is important to understand that Bildad, not God, was calling man a worm.
Human being s are created in God's image.