Berean Standard Bible
Job 25:3
3Can His troops be numbered? On whom does His light not rise?
Job 25:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?
- New International Version (NIV)Can his forces be numbered? On whom does his light not rise?
- English Standard Version (ESV)Is there any number to his armies? Upon whom does his light not arise?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Is there any number to His armies? Upon whom does His light not rise?
Context of Job 25:3
1Then Bildad the Shuhite replied: 2“Dominion and awe belong to God; He establishes harmony in the heights of heaven. Can His troops be numbered? On whom does His light not rise? 4How then can a man be just before God? How can one born of woman be pure? 5If even the moon does not shine, and the stars are not pure in His sight,
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הֲיֵ֣שׁ מִ֭סְפָּר לִגְדוּדָ֑יו וְעַל־מִ֝֗י לֹא־יָק֥וּם אוֹרֵֽהוּ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 25:3
- Psalms 103:20Bless the LORD, all His angels mighty in strength who carry out His word, who hearken to the voice of His command.
- Psalms 148:2Praise Him, all His angels; praise Him, all His heavenly hosts.
- Isaiah 40:26Lift up your eyes on high: Who created all these? He leads forth the starry host by number; He calls each one by name. Because of His great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.
- Daniel 7:10A river of fire was flowing, coming out from His presence. Thousands upon thousands attended Him, and myriads upon myriads stood before Him. The court was convened, and the books were opened.
- Matthew 26:53Are you not aware that I can call on My Father, and He will at once put at My disposal more than twelve legions of angels?
- Revelation 5:11Then I looked, and I heard the voices of many angels encircling the throne, and the living creatures and the elders. And their number was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands.
- Job 38:12In your days, have you commanded the morning or assigned the dawn its place,
- Genesis 1:3And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
- Psalms 19:4their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. In the heavens He has pitched a tent for the sun.
- Matthew 5:45that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
- John 1:4In Him was life, and that life was the light of men.
- James 1:17Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.
Commentaries on Job 25:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Is there any number of his armies? - He has troops innumerable; he can serve himself of all his creatures; every thing may be a means of help or destruction, according to his Divine will. When he purposes to save, none can destroy; and when he is determined to destroy, none can save. It is vain to trust in his creatures against himself. Upon whom doth not his light arise? - That is, his providence rules over all; he is universal Lord; he causes his sun to…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Is there any number of his armies? - The armies of heaven; or the hosts of angelic beings, which are often represented as arranged or marshalled into armies; see the notes at Isaiah 1:9. The word which is used here is not the common one which is rendered “hosts,” (צבא tsâbâ' ), but is גדוּד gedûd which means properly a troop, band, or army. It may here mean either the constellations often represented as the army which God marshals and commands, or it…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. armies--angels and stars (Is 40:26; Jr 33:22; Ge 15:5; "countless," Da 7:10). his light--(Jas 1:17).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 25
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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