Job 25:3

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 man from Shuah, replied. This is what he said: 2‘God rules everything and we should be afraid of his great power. In heaven above he causes there to be peace. The number of angels in his armies are too many to count. His light shines over everyone. 4No human is righteous when he stands in front of God. He cannot be pure. 5When God looks at the moon and the stars, they do not seem to be pure and bright.

Job 25:3 word by word

הֲיֵ֣שׁ מִ֭סְפָּר לִגְדוּדָ֑יו וְעַל־מִ֝֗י לֹא־יָק֥וּם אוֹרֵֽהוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Is thereיֵשׁyêsh · thereH3426
• any numberמִסְפָּרmispâr · numberH4557
• of his armiesגְּדוּדgedûd · bandH1416
• and upon whom doth not his lightאוֹר'ôr · lightH216
• ariseקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965

Cross-references for Job 25:3

• Psalms 103:20You who are the Lord's angels, you strong angels who do what he tells you to do, praise the Lord!
• Psalms 148:2Praise him, all his angels. Praise him all his armies in heaven.
• Isaiah 40:26Look up at the sky! Think about the one who made all the stars. God is the one who brought together that great army! He knows how many they are and he knows each of their names! When he calls them, each one is there, because he is so strong and powerful.
• Daniel 7:10A river of fire poured out from the place where he was sitting. Thousands of servants were ready to do whatever he wanted. Many more thousands stood around, ready to serve him. Then the meeting of the court began. Someone opened the books to see what was in them.
• Matthew 26:53You should know that I could ask my Father God to help me. He would immediately send more than 12 large groups of angels to fight for me.
• Revelation 5:11Then I looked again, and I heard the voices of many angels. There were thousands and millions of them. They were standing around the throne, with the beings that are alive and the leaders.
• Job 38:12But you, Job, did you ever command the morning to begin? No! You have never in your whole life told the sun when it should rise.
• Genesis 1:3God said, ‘There will be light!’ And there was light.
• Psalms 19:4But their message goes round all the earth. All the world can understand what they say. God has made a home for the sun in the sky.
• Matthew 5:45If you live like this, you will show that you really are children of your Father above. God is kind to everyone. He causes the sun to shine on everyone, both good people and bad people. He also causes the rain to fall on everyone, people who obey him and people who do not obey him.
• John 1:4It is the Word who caused everything to live. Because of this, he has brought light to all people.
• James 1:17Remember that every good gift comes to us from God. He only does what will help us. He is our Father in heaven. He made everything in the sky that gives us light. Those things do not give us the same light all the time. They change, but God does not change.

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

Topics related to Job 25:3

• Angel (a Spirit)
• God

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