1Bildad asserteth the sovereignty of God, before whom man cannot be justified.
1THEN answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
2aDominion and fear are with him, he bmaketh peace in his chigh places.
a Da. 4.3,34. Mat. 28.18. Je. 10.7. Re. 6.16. ch. 22.4. Jude 25. b Ep. 1.10. Col. 1.20. c ch. 31.2. Is. 24.21.
3Is there any dnumber of his armies? and eupon whom doth not his light arise?
d Da. 7.10. Re. 5.11,13. Ge. 2.1; 32.1,2. Ps. 68.17. Joel 2.11. Ju. 5.20. Is. 40.26. e Mat. 5.45. Jn. 1.4,9. Ja. 1.17.
4How fthen can man be justified with God? or how can he be gclean that is born of a woman?
f ch. 4.12-19; 9.2; 15.14-16; 14.4. Ps. 130.3; 143.2; 51.5. Ro. 5.1,21. g Zec. 13.1. 1Co. 6.11. 1Jn. 1.9. Re. 1.5.
5Behold heven to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.
h ch. 15.15; 4.17-19. Is. 24.23.
6How imuch less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?
i ch. 4.19; 15.16. Ps. 22.6. Is. 41.14.