1Hertil svarede Bildad:2„Gud har al magt og autoritet. I himlen hersker der fred.3Hvem kan tælle himlens hære? Hvem står udenfor hans rækkevidde?4Hvordan kan nogen hævde sin uskyld overfor Gud? Hvordan kan et menneske påstå at være uden synd?5Selv månen er ikke pletfri, og stjernerne er ikke uden fejl.6Hvad så med et ubetydeligt menneske som dig? Hvordan kan du hævde at være uden skyld?”
1Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said: (Job 2,11)2“Dominion and fear are with God;[1] he makes peace in his high heaven.3Is there any number to his armies? Upon whom does his light not arise? (Job 19,12; Salm 103,21; Matt 5,45; Jak 1,17)4How then can man be in the right before God? How can he who is born of woman be pure? (Job 4,17; Job 9,2; Job 14,1; Job 14,4; Job 15,14; Salm 130,3; Salm 143,2)5Behold, even the moon is not bright, and the stars are not pure in his eyes;6how much less man, who is a maggot, and the son of man, who is a worm!” (Job 9,14; Job 15,16; Job 35,8; Salm 22,6; Es 41,14)