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 Living Translation (NLT)“God is powerful and dreadful. He enforces peace in the heavens.

Context of Job 25:2

1Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said: “Dominion and fear belong to Him; He makes peace in His high places. 3Is there any number to His armies? Upon whom does His light not rise? 4How then can man be righteous before God? Or how can he be pure who is born of a woman?

Job 25:2 word by word

הַמְשֵׁ֣ל וָפַ֣חַד עִמּ֑וֹ עֹשֶׂ֥ה שָׁ֝ל֗וֹם בִּמְרוֹמָֽיו׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Dominionמָשַׁלmâshal · to ruleH4910
• and fearפַּ֫חַדpachad · dreadH6343
• with him, he makethעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• peaceשָׁלוֹםshâlôm shâlôm · peaceH7965
• in his high placesמָרוֹםmârôm · heightH4791

Cross-references for Job 25:2

• Job 9:2“Truly I know it is so, But how can a man be righteous before God?
• Job 26:5“The dead tremble, Those under the waters and those inhabiting them.
• Job 40:9Have you an arm like God? Or can you thunder with a voice like His?
• 1 Chronicles 29:11Yours, O Lord, is the greatness, The power and the glory, The victory and the majesty; For all that is in heaven and in earth is Yours; Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, And You are exalted as head over all.
• Psalms 99:1The Lord reigns; Let the peoples tremble! He dwells between the cherubim; Let the earth be moved!
• Jeremiah 10:6Inasmuch as there is none like You, O Lord (You are great, and Your name is great in might),
• Daniel 4:34And at the end of the time I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to heaven, and my understanding returned to me; and I blessed the Most High and praised and honored Him who lives forever: For His dominion is an everlasting dominion, And His kingdom is from generation to generation.
• Matthew 6:13And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
• Matthew 28:18And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.
• Ephesians 1:20which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places,
• Jude 1:25To God our Savior, Who alone is wise, Be glory and majesty, Dominion and power, Both now and forever. Amen.
• Revelation 6:16and said to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb!
• Isaiah 57:15For thus says the High and Lofty One Who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, With him who has a contrite and humble spirit, To revive the spirit of the humble, And to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
• Matthew 5:9Blessed are the peacemakers, For they shall be called sons of God.
• 2 Corinthians 5:18Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation,
• Ephesians 2:16and that He might reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, thereby putting to death 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