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New King James Version

Job 25:3

Is there any number to His armies? Upon whom does His light not rise?

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Angel (a Spirit);   God;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Angels;   Light;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Bildad;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Army;   Job, the Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Host of Heaven;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Angels (2);  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Bildad;   Job, Book of;   Zophar;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Angelology;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Can his troops be numbered?Does his light not shine on everyone?
Hebrew Names Version
Can his armies be counted? On whom does his light not arise?
King James Version
Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?
English Standard Version
Is there any number to his armies? Upon whom does his light not arise?
New Century Version
No one can count God's armies. His light shines on all people.
New English Translation
Can his armies be numbered? On whom does his light not rise?
Amplified Bible
"Is there any number to His [vast celestial] armies? And upon whom does His light not rise?
New American Standard Bible
"Is there any number to His troops? And upon whom does His light not rise?
World English Bible
Can his armies be counted? On whom does his light not arise?
Geneva Bible (1587)
Is there any nomber in his armies? and vpon whom shall not his light arise?
Legacy Standard Bible
Is there any number to His troops?And upon whom does His light not rise?
Berean Standard Bible
Can His troops be numbered? On whom does His light not rise?
Contemporary English Version
Who can count his army of stars? Isn't God the source of light?
Complete Jewish Bible
Can his armies be numbered? On whom does his light not shine?
Darby Translation
Is there any number of his troops? and upon whom doth not his light arise?
Easy-to-Read Version
No one can count his stars. His sun rises on all people.
George Lamsa Translation
Is there any number to his armies? And upon whom does not his light shine?
Good News Translation
Can anyone count the angels who serve him? Is there any place where God's light does not shine?
Lexham English Bible
Is there a number to his troops? And upon whom does his light not rise?
Literal Translation
Is there any number of His armies? And on whom does His light not rise?
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
whose men of warre are innumerable, and whose light aryseth ouer all.
American Standard Version
Is there any number of his armies? And upon whom doth not his light arise?
Bible in Basic English
Is it possible for his armies to be numbered? and on whom is not his light shining?
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Is there any number of His armies? And upon whom doth not His light arise?
King James Version (1611)
Is there any number of his armies? and vpon whom doeth not his light arise?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Is there any number of his armies, and vpon whom shal not his light arise?
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For let none think that there is a respite for robbers: and upon whom will there not come a snare from him?
English Revised Version
Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Whether noumbre is of hise knyytis? and on whom schyneth not his liyt?
Update Bible Version
Is there any number of his armies? And on whom does not his ambush arise?
Webster's Bible Translation
Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?
New Living Translation
Who is able to count his heavenly army? Doesn't his light shine on all the earth?
New Life Bible
Is there any number to His armies? Upon whom does His light not shine?
New Revised Standard
Is there any number to his armies? Upon whom does his light not arise?
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Is there any number to his troops? And upon whom ariseth not his light?
Douay-Rheims Bible
Is there any numbering of his soldiers? and upon whom shall not his light arise?
Revised Standard Version
Is there any number to his armies? Upon whom does his light not arise?
Young's Literal Translation
Is their [any] number to His troops? And on whom ariseth not His light?
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Is there any number to His troops? And upon whom does His light not rise?

Contextual Overview

1 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said: 2 "Dominion and fear belong to Him; He makes peace in His high places. 3 Is there any number to His armies? Upon whom does His light not rise? 4 How then can man be righteous before God? Or how can he be pure who is born of a woman? 5 If even the moon does not shine, And the stars are not pure in His sight, 6 How much less man, who is a maggot, And a son of man, who is a worm?"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

there: Psalms 103:20, Psalms 103:21, Psalms 148:2-4, Isaiah 40:26, Daniel 7:10, Matthew 26:53, Revelation 5:11

upon whom: Job 38:12, Job 38:13, Genesis 1:3-5, Genesis 1:14-16, Psalms 19:4-6, Matthew 5:45, John 1:4, John 1:9, James 1:17

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 18:15 - of hosts liveth Psalms 8:3 - moon Psalms 19:6 - His going

Cross-References

2 Samuel 2:9
and he made him king over Gilead, over the Ashurites, over Jezreel, over Ephraim, over Benjamin, and over all Israel.
1 Kings 10:1
2 Chronicles 9:1-28">[xr] Now when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to test him with hard questions.
Job 6:19
The caravans of Tema look, The travelers of Sheba hope for them.
Psalms 72:10
The kings of Tarshish and of the isles Will bring presents; The kings of Sheba and Seba Will offer gifts.
Jeremiah 25:23
Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who are in the farthest corners;
Jeremiah 49:8
Flee, turn back, dwell in the depths, O inhabitants of Dedan! For I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, The time that I will punish him.
Ezekiel 25:13
therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "I will also stretch out My hand against Edom, cut off man and beast from it, and make it desolate from Teman; Dedan shall fall by the sword.
Ezekiel 27:6
Of oaks from Bashan they made your oars;The company of Ashurites have inlaid your planksWith ivory from the coasts of Cyprus. [fn]
Ezekiel 27:20
Dedan was your merchant in saddlecloths for riding.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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, all the inhabitants of it; yea, every creature, even the smallest insect in it, which are without number: thus, frogs, lice, flies, and locusts, were the armies of God, with which he fought against Pharaoh and the Egyptians, see Joel 2:11;

and upon whom doth not his light arise? either natural light, that grand luminary the sun, which rises on all, the evil and the good, nor is anything hid from the light and heat of it; or moral light, the light of nature, with which everyone that comes into the world is enlightened by him; or the light of providential goodness, which is unto all, and over all his creatures; the whole earth is full of it, and all the inhabitants have a share in it; nor is anything hid from his all piercing, all penetrating, all seeing eye, who is light itself, and dwells in light inaccessible, and from which light nothing can be hid.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 his light arise? - This is designed evidently to show the majesty and glory of God. It refers probably to the light of the sun, as the light which he creates and commands. The idea is, that it pervades all things; that, as controlled by him, it penetrates all places, and flows over all worlds. The image is a striking and sublime one, and nothing is better fitted to show the majesty and glory of God.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 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, and sends his rain on the just and unjust.


 
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