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Domenica, 12 maggio 2024 - Santi Nereo e Achilleo ( Letture di oggi)

Job 25


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CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAINDOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Then Baldad the Suhite answered by saying:1 Then Baldad the Suhite answered, and I said:
2 Power and terror are with him that makes a pact with those in high places.2 Power and terror are with him, who maketh peace in his high places.
3 Is there any limit to the number of his soldiers or to the number of those over whom his light rises?3 Is there any numbering of his soldiers? and upon whom shall not his light arise?
4 Is it right for man to compare himself to God, or to appear pure though he is born of woman?4 Can man be justified compared with God, or he that is born of a woman appear clean?
5 Behold, even the moon is not radiant, and the stars are not pure, in his sight.5 Behold even the moon doth not shine, and the stars are not pure in his sight.
6 Is man much more than rottenness and the son of man much more than worms?6 How much less man that is rottenness and the son of man who is a worm?