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1Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
2Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high places.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
CHAPTER 25
THIRD SERIES.
Job 25:1-6. Bildad's Reply.
He tries to show Job's rashness (Job 23:3), by arguments borrowed from Eliphaz (Job 15:15, with which compare Job 11:17.
2. Power and terror, that is, terror-inspiring power.
peace in his high places--implying that His power is such on high as to quell all opposition, not merely there, but on earth also. The Holy Ghost here shadowed forth Gospel truths (Col 1:20; Ep 1:10).
CHAPTER 25
THIRD SERIES.
Job 25:1-6. Bildad's Reply.
He tries to show Job's rashness (Job 23:3), by arguments borrowed from Eliphaz (Job 15:15, with which compare Job 11:17.
2. Power and terror, that is, terror-inspiring power.
peace in his high places--implying that His power is such on high as to quell all opposition, not merely there, but on earth also. The Holy Ghost here shadowed forth Gospel truths (Col 1:20; Ep 1:10).
3Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
3. armies--angels and stars (Is 40:26; Jr 33:22; Ge 15:5; "countless," Da 7:10).
his light--(Jas 1:17).
3. armies--angels and stars (Is 40:26; Jr 33:22; Ge 15:5; "countless," Da 7:10).
his light--(Jas 1:17).
4How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
4. (Job 4:17, 18; 14:4; 15:14).
4. (Job 4:17, 18; 14:4; 15:14).
5Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
5. "Look up even unto the moon" (Job 15:15). "Stars" here answer to "saints" (angels) there; "the moon" here to "the heavens" there. Even the "stars," the most dazzling object to man's eye, and the angels, of which the stars are emblems (Job 4:18; Re 9:1), are imperfect in His sight. Theirs is the light and purity but of creatures; His of the Creator.
5. "Look up even unto the moon" (Job 15:15). "Stars" here answer to "saints" (angels) there; "the moon" here to "the heavens" there. Even the "stars," the most dazzling object to man's eye, and the angels, of which the stars are emblems (Job 4:18; Re 9:1), are imperfect in His sight. Theirs is the light and purity but of creatures; His of the Creator.
6How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
6. (Job 4:19-21; 15:16).
worm ... worm--Two distinct Hebrew words. The first, a worm bred in putridity; alluding to man's corruption. The second a crawling worm; implying that man is weak and grovelling.
6. (Job 4:19-21; 15:16).
worm ... worm--Two distinct Hebrew words. The first, a worm bred in putridity; alluding to man's corruption. The second a crawling worm; implying that man is weak and grovelling.