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 answered: 2“Dominion and awesome might belong to God; he establishes peace in his heights. Can his armies be numbered? On whom does his light not rise? 4How then can a human being be righteous before God? How can one born of a woman be pure? 5If even the moon is not bright, and the stars are not pure as far as he is concerned,

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 103:20Praise the Lord, you angels of his, you powerful warriors who carry out his decrees and obey his orders!
• Psalms 148:2Praise him, all his angels! Praise him, all his heavenly assembly!
• Isaiah 40:26Look up at the sky! Who created all these heavenly lights? He is the one who leads out their ranks; he calls them all by name. Because of his absolute power and awesome strength, not one of them is missing.
• Daniel 7:10A river of fire was streaming forth and proceeding from his presence. Many thousands were ministering to him; Many tens of thousands stood ready to serve him. The court convened and the books were opened.
• Matthew 26:53Or do you think that I cannot call on my Father, and that he would send me more than twelve legions of angels right now?
• Revelation 5:11Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels in a circle around the throne, as well as the living creatures and the elders. Their number was ten thousand times ten thousand – thousands times thousands –
• Job 38:12Have you ever in your life commanded the morning, or made the dawn know its place,
• Genesis 1:3God said, “Let there be light.” And there was light!
• Psalms 19:4Yet its voice echoes throughout the earth; its words carry to the distant horizon. In the sky he has pitched a tent for the sun.
• Matthew 5:45so that you may be like your Father in heaven, since he causes the 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 1:17All generous giving and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or the slightest hint of 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