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 Shuhite responded, 2“Dominion and awe belong to Him Who makes peace in His heights. Is there any number to His troops? And upon whom does His light not rise? 4How then can mankind be righteous with God? Or how can anyone who is born of woman be pure? 5If even the moon has no brightness And the stars are not pure in His sight,

Job 25:3 word by word

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

• Isיֵשׁyêsh · thereH3426
• numberמִסְפָּרmispâr · numberH4557
• His troopsגְּדוּדgedûd · bandH1416
• And upon whomמִיmîy · who?H4310
• does His lightאוֹר'ôr · lightH216
• not riseקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965

Cross-references for Job 25:3

• Psalms 103:20Bless the Lord, you His angels, Mighty in strength, who perform His word, Obeying the voice of His word!
• Psalms 148:2Praise Him, all His angels; Praise Him, all His heavenly armies!
• Isaiah 40:26Raise your eyes on high And see who has created these stars, The One who brings out their multitude by number, He calls them all by name; Because of the greatness of His might and the strength of His power, Not one of them is missing.
• Daniel 7:10A river of fire was flowing And coming out from before Him; Thousands upon thousands were serving Him, And myriads upon myriads were standing before Him; The court convened, And the books were opened.
• Matthew 26:53Or do you think that I cannot appeal to 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 around the throne and the living creatures and the elders; and the number of them was myriads of myriads, and thousands of thousands,
• Job 38:12“Have you ever in your life commanded the morning, And made the dawn know its place,
• Genesis 1:3Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light.
• Psalms 19:4Their line has gone out into all the earth, And their words to the end of the world. In them He has placed a tent for the sun,
• Matthew 5:45so that you may prove yourselves to be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for 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 the life was the Light of mankind.
• James 1:17Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation 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

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