Job 25:3
1 Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
2 “Dominion and awe belong to God; He establishes harmony in the heights of heaven.
Can His troops be numbered? On whom does His light not rise?
4 How then can a man be just before God? How can one born of woman be pure?
5 If even the moon does not shine, and the stars are not pure in His sight,
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Can His troops be numbered? On whom does His light not rise?
- KJV
- Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?
- WEB
- Can his armies be counted? On whom does his light not arise?
- ASV
- Is there any number of his armies? And upon whom doth not his light arise?
- DARBY
- Is there any number of his troops? and upon whom doth not his light arise?
- BLB
- Is there a number to His troops? And upon whom does His light not arise?
- ÅB
- Er det tall på hans skarer? Og hvem overstråles ikke av hans lys?
- OTB
- Er det noen grense for Hans hærer?
Over hvem skinner ikke Hans lys? - B1930
- Er det tall på hans skarer? Og hvem overstråles ikke av hans lys?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
James 1:17
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.
Read in contextMatthew 5:45
that you may be sons 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.
Read in contextIsaiah 40:26
Lift up your eyes on high: Who created all these? He leads forth the starry host by number; He calls each one by name. Because of His great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.
Read in contextPsalms 148:2–4
Praise Him, all His angels; praise Him, all His heavenly hosts.
Read in contextJohn 1:9
The true Light who gives light to every man was coming into the world.
Read in contextRevelation 5:11
Then I looked, and I heard the voices of many angels and living creatures and elders encircling the throne, and their number was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands.
Read in contextJob 38:12–13
In your days, have you commanded the morning or assigned the dawn its place,
Read in contextPsalms 103:20–21
Bless the LORD, all His angels mighty in strength who carry out His word, who hearken to the voice of His command.
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