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Martedi, 7 maggio 2024 - Santa Flavia ( Letture di oggi)

Job 25


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1 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:1 Then Baldad the Suhite answered by saying:
2 Dominion and awesomeness are his who brings about harmony in his heavens.2 Power and terror are with him that makes a pact with those in high places.
3 Is there any numbering of his troops? Yet to which of them does not his light extend?3 Is there any limit to the number of his soldiers or to the number of those over whom his light rises?
4 How can a man be just in God's sight, or how can any woman's child be innocent?4 Is it right for man to compare himself to God, or to appear pure though he is born of woman?
5 Behold, even the moon is not bright and the stars are not clear in his sight.5 Behold, even the moon is not radiant, and the stars are not pure, in his sight.
6 How much less man, who is but a maggot, the son of man, who is only a worm?6 Is man much more than rottenness and the son of man much more than worms?