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Bildad Answers Job 
 1 Then Bildad from Shuah answered: 
 2 “God is the ruler. 
He makes people fear and respect him. 
He keeps peace in his kingdom above. 
 3 No one can count his stars.* his stars Or “his troops.” This means God’s heavenly army. It could be all the angels or all the stars in the sky. 
His sun rises on all people. 
 4 How can anyone claim to be right before God? 
No human being† No human being Literally, “No one born from woman.” can really be pure. 
 5 In God’s eyes even the moon is not pure and bright; 
even the stars are not pure. 
 6 People are much less pure. 
They are like maggots, as worthless as worms!”