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?
• 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?
• New Living Translation (NLT)Who is able to count his heavenly army? Doesn’t his light shine on all the earth?

Context of Job 25:3

1Then Bildad the Shuhite replied: 2“Dominion and awe belong to God; he establishes order in the heights of heaven. Can his forces be numbered? On whom does his light not rise? 4How then can a mortal be righteous before God? How can one born of woman be pure? 5If even the moon is not bright and the stars are not pure in his eyes,

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 his angels, you mighty ones who do his bidding, who obey his word.
• Psalms 148:2Praise him, all his angels; praise him, all his heavenly hosts.
• Isaiah 40:26Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens: Who created all these? He who brings out the starry host one by one and calls forth each of them 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 before him. Thousands upon thousands attended him; ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him. The court was seated, and the books were opened.
• Matthew 26:53Do you think I cannot 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 heard the voice of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand. They encircled the throne and the living creatures and the elders.
• Job 38:12“Have you ever given orders to the morning, or shown the dawn its place,
• Genesis 1:3And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
• Psalms 19:4Yet their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. In the heavens God has pitched a tent for the sun.
• Matthew 5:45that you may be children 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 all mankind.
• James 1:17Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.

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