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 replied: 2“God is powerful and dreadful. He enforces peace in the heavens. Who 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? 5God is more glorious than the moon; he shines brighter than the stars.

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, you mighty ones who carry out his plans, listening for each of his commands.
• Psalms 148:2Praise him, all his angels! Praise him, all the armies of heaven!
• Isaiah 40:26Look up into the heavens. Who created all the stars? He brings them out like an army, one after another, calling each by its name. Because of his great power and incomparable strength, not a single one is missing.
• Daniel 7:10and a river of fire was pouring out, flowing from his presence. Millions of angels ministered to him; many millions stood to attend him. Then the court began its session, and the books were opened.
• Matthew 26:53Don’t you realize that I could ask my Father for thousands of angels to protect us, and he would send them instantly?
• Revelation 5:11Then I looked again, and I heard the voices of thousands and millions of angels around the throne and of the living beings and the elders.
• Job 38:12“Have you ever commanded the morning to appear and caused the dawn to rise in the east?
• Genesis 1:3Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
• Psalms 19:4Yet their message has gone throughout the earth, and their words to all the world. God has made a home in the heavens for the sun.
• Matthew 5:45In that way, you will be acting as true children of your Father in heaven. For he gives his sunlight to both the evil and the good, and he sends rain on the just and the unjust alike.
• John 1:4The Word gave life to everything that was created, and his life brought light to everyone.
• James 1:17Whatever is good and perfect is a gift coming down to us from God our Father, who created all the lights in the heavens. He never changes or casts a 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