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 King James Version (NKJV)“Dominion and fear belong to Him; He makes peace in His high places.

Context of Job 25:2

1Then Bildad the Shuhite replied: “God is powerful and dreadful. He enforces peace in the heavens. 3Who is able to count his heavenly army? Doesn’t his light shine on all the earth? 4How can a mortal be innocent before God? Can anyone born of a woman be pure?

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“Yes, I know all this is true in principle. But how can a person be declared innocent in God’s sight?
• Job 26:5“The dead tremble— those who live beneath the waters.
• Job 40:9Are you as strong as God? Can you thunder with a voice like his?
• 1 Chronicles 29:11Yours, O Lord, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty. Everything in the heavens and on earth is yours, O Lord, and this is your kingdom. We adore you as the one who is over all things.
• Psalms 99:1The Lord is king! Let the nations tremble! He sits on his throne between the cherubim. Let the whole earth quake!
• Jeremiah 10:6Lord, there is no one like you! For you are great, and your name is full of power.
• Daniel 4:34“After this time had passed, I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven. My sanity returned, and I praised and worshiped the Most High and honored the one who lives forever. His rule is everlasting, and his kingdom is eternal.
• Matthew 6:13And don’t let us yield to temptation, but rescue us from the evil one.
• Matthew 28:18Jesus came and told his disciples, “I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth.
• Ephesians 1:20that raised Christ from the dead and seated him in the place of honor at God’s right hand in the heavenly realms.
• Jude 1:25All glory to him who alone is God, our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord. All glory, majesty, power, and authority are his before all time, and in the present, and beyond all time! Amen.
• Revelation 6:16And they cried to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb.
• Isaiah 57:15The high and lofty one who lives in eternity, the Holy One, says this: “I live in the high and holy place with those whose spirits are contrite and humble. I restore the crushed spirit of the humble and revive the courage of those with repentant hearts.
• Matthew 5:9God blesses those who work for peace, for they will be called the children of God.
• 2 Corinthians 5:18And all of this is a gift from God, who brought us back to himself through Christ. And God has given us this task of reconciling people to him.
• Ephesians 2:16Together as one body, Christ reconciled both groups to God by means of his death on the cross, and our hostility toward each other was put to death.

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