Job 25:2

Job 25:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high places.
• New International Version (NIV)“Dominion and awe belong to God; he establishes order in the heights of heaven.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Dominion and fear are with God; he makes peace in his high heaven.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Dominion and fear belong to Him; He makes peace in His high places.

Context of Job 25:2

1And Bildad the Shuhite answered and said, Dominion and fear are with him; he maketh peace in his high places. 3Is there any number of his troops? and upon whom doth not his light arise? 4And how should man be just with God? Or how should he be clean that is born of a woman?

Job 25:2 word by word

הַמְשֵׁ֣ל וָפַ֣חַד עִמּ֑וֹ עֹשֶׂ֥ה שָׁ֝ל֗וֹם בִּמְרוֹמָֽיו׃Read the interlinear

• Dominionמָשַׁלmâshal · to ruleH4910
• fearפַּ֫חַדpachad · dreadH6343
• peaceשָׁלוֹםshâlôm shâlôm · peaceH7965
• highמָרוֹםmârôm · heightH4791

Cross-references for Job 25:2

• Job 9:2Of a truth I know it is so; but how can man be just with God?
• Job 26:5The shades tremble beneath the waters and the inhabitants thereof;
• Job 40:9Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
• 1 Chronicles 29:11Thine, Jehovah, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the splendour, and the majesty; for all that is in the heavens and on the earth is thine: thine, Jehovah, is the kingdom, and thou art exalted as Head above all;
• Psalms 99:1Jehovah reigneth: let the peoples tremble. He sitteth [between the] cherubim: let the earth be moved.
• Jeremiah 10:6There is none like unto thee, Jehovah; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.
• Daniel 4:34And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto the heavens, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation.
• Matthew 6:13and lead us not into temptation, but save us from evil.
• Matthew 28:18And Jesus coming up spoke to them, saying, All power has been given me in heaven and upon earth.
• Ephesians 1:20[in] which he wrought in the Christ [in] raising him from among [the] dead, and he set him down at his right hand in the heavenlies,
• Jude 1:25to the only God our Saviour, through Jesus Christ our Lord, [be] glory, majesty, might, and authority, from before the whole age, and now, and to all the ages. Amen.
• Revelation 6:16and they say to the mountains and to the rocks, Fall on us, and have us hidden from [the] face of him that sits upon the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb;
• Isaiah 57:15For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, and whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy [place], and with him that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
• Matthew 5:9Blessed the peace-makers, for they shall be called sons of God.
• 2 Corinthians 5:18and all things [are] of the God who has reconciled us to himself by [Jesus] Christ, and given to us the ministry of that reconciliation:
• Ephesians 2:16and might reconcile both in one body to God by the cross, having by it slain the enmity;

Commentaries on Job 25:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Dominion and fear are with him - God is an absolute sovereign; his fear is on all the hosts of heaven; and by his sovereignty he establishes and preserves order in the heavens, and among all the inhabitants of the eternal world: how canst thou, therefore, dare to appeal to him, or desire to appear before him?Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Dominion and fear are with him - That is, God has a right to rule, and he ought to be regarded with reverence. The object of Bildad is to show that He is so great and glorious that it is impossible that man should be regarded as pure in his sight. He begins, therefore, by saying, that he is a Sovereign; that he is clothed with majesty, and that he is worthy of profound veneration. He maketh peace in his high places - “High places,” here refer to the…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-6THIRD SERIES. He tries to show Job's rashness (Job 23:3), by arguments borrowed from Eliphaz (Job 15:15, with which compare Job 11:17. 2. Power and terror, that is, terror-inspiring power. peace in his high places--implying that His power is such on high as to quell all opposition, not merely there, but on earth also. The Holy Ghost here shadowed forth Gospel truths (Col 1:20; Ep 1:10).Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Bildad
• Job, Book of
• Zophar

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