Job 25:3-26:14 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 25:1-6

Bildad is to be commended here for two things:?1. For speaking no more on the subject about which Job and he differed. Perhaps he began to think Job was in the right, and then it was justice to say no more concerning it, as one that contended for truth, not for victory, and therefore, for the finding of truth, would be content to lose the victory; or, if he still thought himself in the right, yet he knew when he had said enough, and would not wrangle endlessly for the last word. Perhaps indeed... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 25:3

Is there any number of his armies ?.... His armies in heaven, the heavenly host of angels, which are innumerable; there are more than twelve legions of them, thousand and ten thousand times ten thousand, employed in a military way, for the safety and preservation of the saints; see Genesis 32:1 ; and the sun, moon, and stars, often called the host of heaven, the latter of which cannot be numbered, and which fought in their courses against Sisera, Judges 5:20 ; and his armies on earth,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 25:3

Is 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 arise on the evil and the good,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 25:1-6

Far from accepting Job's challenge, and grappling with the difficulty involved in the frequent, if not universal, prosperity of the wicked. Bildad, in his weak reply, entirely avoids the subject, and limits himself to briefly touching two old and well-worn topics—the might of God (verses 2, 3) and the universal sinfulness of men. On neither of these two points does he throw any fresh light. He avoids, however, the reckless charges of Eliphaz ( Job 22:5-9 ) as well as the coarse menaces... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 25:3

Is there any number of his armies? (comp. Psalms 68:17 , "The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels;" and Daniel 7:10 , "Thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him;" see also 2 Kings 6:16 , 2 Kings 6:17 ; Matthew 26:53 ; Hebrews 12:22 ; Revelation 9:16 ). The number of the angels at any given time must be a definite one. But as there is nothing to limit the further exercise of creative power in this... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 25:3

The innumerable armies of God. I. THEIR VAST NUMBERS . We can see no limit to the physical universe. The starry hemisphere dazzles us with its multitudinous splendour, but the telescope greatly increases our idea of its vastness, resolving fleecy mist into galaxies of worlds, and discovering distant suns invisible to the naked eye; and photography carries the process much further, and peoples the interstellar spaces of the telescope with hosts of still more remote stars. It is not... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 25:3

Is 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 may mean the angels.And upon whom doth not... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 25:3

Job 25:3. Is there any number of his armies? Of his angels, and stars, and other creatures, all which are his hosts, wholly submitting themselves to his will, to be and to do whatever he pleases. And, therefore, how insolent and unreasonable a thing it is to quarrel with him, or resist his will! Upon whom doth not his light arise? The light of the sun is communicated to all parts of the world. This is a faint resemblance of the cognizance and care which God takes of the whole creation.... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Job 25:1-6

Bildad speaks and Job replies (25:1-26:14)It seems either that Job’s friends have no answer to what he says or that they are tired of arguing with him and see no point in continuing the debate. Bildad has only a brief speech, to which Job replies, and Zophar does not speak at all.In an effort to bring Job to repentance, Bildad impresses upon him the greatness of the God with whom Job argues. His kingdom is all-powerful, his armies of angelic beings more than can be counted (25:1-3). In... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 25:3

Job 25:3. And upon whom doth not his light arise?— And who is there whom his brightness doth not surpass? Heath and Schultens. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 25:1-6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 25:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 25:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 25:1-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 25:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 25:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 25:3

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 25:3

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Job 25:1-6

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 25:3

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