Tree of Life Version
Job 25:3
3Can His armies be counted? On whom does His light not rise?
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 awe are with Him; He establishes shalom in His heights. Can His armies be counted? On whom does His light not rise? 4How then can a man be righteous with God? How can one born of a woman be pure? 5If even the moon is not bright and the stars are not pure in His eyes,
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הֲיֵ֣שׁ מִ֭סְפָּר לִגְדוּדָ֑יו וְעַל־מִ֝֗י לֹא־יָק֥וּם אוֹרֵֽהוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 25:3
- Psalms 103:20Bless Adonai, you angels of His: mighty in strength, performing His word, upon hearing the utterance of His word.
- Psalms 148:2Praise Him all His angels! Praise Him all His armies.
- Isaiah 40:26Lift up your eyes on high, and see! Who created these? The One who brings out their host by number, the One who calls them all by name. Because of His great strength and vast power, not one is missing.
- Daniel 7:10A river of fire was flowing and coming out from before Him. Thousands of thousands attended Him and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before Him. The court was seated, and the books were opened.
- Matthew 26:53Or do you suppose that I cannot call on My Father, and at once He will place at My side twelve legions of angels?
- Revelation 5:11Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne and the living creatures and the elders—their number was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands.
- Job 38:12“Have you ever in your life commanded the morning, or caused dawn to know its place;
- Genesis 1:3Then God said, “Let there be light!” and there was light.
- Psalms 19:4There is no speech, no words, where their voice goes unheard.
- Matthew 5:45so that 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 the life was the light of men.
- James 1:17Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or 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
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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
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