Job 25:3

Verse 3

3. Armies The idea is not so much of hostile array as of harmony, gradation, discipline, and subjection. The writer to the Hebrews speaks (Hebrews 12:22) of “myriads, the festal host of angels.” (Alford.)

Bildad rises higher, and asks, “Is there number to his armies? ”

His light All light emanates from God, whether it be that which rises upon the evil and the good alike (Matthew 5:45), or the glory of God that lightens the heavenly world. (Revelation 21:23.) Delitzsch and Ewald take the sense to be that of excellence: over whom (that is, over which of those beings of light) does it not rise, leaving them behind and exceeding them in brightness.

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible

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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel Whedon was born in 1808 in Onondaga, N.Y. Dr. Whedon was well qualified as a commentator. He was professor of Ancient Languages in Wesleyan University, studied law and had some years of pastoral experience. He was editor of the Methodist Quarterly Review for more than twenty years. Besides many articles for religious papers he was also the author of the well-known and important work, Freedom of the Will. Dr. Whedon was noted for his incisive, vigorous style, both as preacher and writer. He died at Atlantic Highlands, N.J., June 8, 1885.Whedon was a pivotal figure in the struggle between Calvinism and Arminianism in the nineteenth-centry America. As a result of his efforts, some historians have concluded that he was responsible for a new doctrine of man that was more dependent upon philosophical principles than scripture.... Show more

Dr. Daniel D. Whedon was a central figure in the struggle between Calvinism and Arminianism. He devoted 25 years to writing the New Testament commentaries. Other authors wrote the Old Testament commentaries with Whedon serving as the editor. Study the bible online.... Show more

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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible

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