¹Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,

¹Lalu Bildad menjawab, "Allah itu sangat berkuasa; semua orang harus gentar di hadapan-Nya; Dialah yang memelihara kedamaian dalam kerajaan-Nya di surga.

²“Dominion and fear are with him. He makes peace in his high places.

²(25:1)

³Can his armies be counted? On whom does his light not arise?

³Dapatkah dihitung malaikat yang melayani-Nya? Adakah tempat yang tidak disinari oleh terang-Nya?

⁴How then can man be just with God? Or how can he who is born of a woman be clean?

⁴Mungkinkah manusia suci di mata Allah? Mungkinkah ia murni pada pemandangan-Nya?

⁵Behold, even the moon has no brightness, and the stars are not pure in his sight;

⁵Bagi Allah, bahkan bulan pun tidak terang, dan bintang dianggapnya suram.

⁶How much less man, who is a worm, the son of man, who is a worm!”

⁶Apalagi manusia, si cacing, si serangga! Di mata Allah, ia sungguh tak berharga."