2 "Dominion and awe belong to God; he establishes order in the heights of heaven.
2 Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high places.
2 "Dominion and fear are with God;
2 "God is sovereign, God is fearsome - everything in the cosmos fits and works in his plan.
2 "Dominion and fear belong to Him; He makes peace in His high places.
2 "God is powerful and dreadful. He enforces peace in the heavens.
3 Can his forces be numbered? On whom does his light not rise?
3 Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?
3 Is there any number to his armies? Upon whom does his light not arise?
3 Can anyone count his angel armies? Is there any place where his light doesn't shine?
3 Is there any number to His armies? Upon whom does His light not rise?
3 Who is able to count his heavenly army? Doesn't his light shine on all the earth?
Bildad shows that man cannot be justified before God.
Bildad drops the question concerning the prosperity of wicked men; but shows the infinite distance there is between God and man. He represents to Job some truths he had too much overlooked. Man's righteousness and holiness, at the best, are nothing in comparison with God's, Zechariah 13:1. We should be humbled as mean, guilty, polluted creatures, and renounce self-dependence. But our vileness will commend Christ's condescension and love; the riches of his mercy and the power of his grace will be magnified to all eternity by every sinner he redeems.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 25:2
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Bildad shows that man cannot be justified before God.
Bildad drops the question concerning the prosperity of wicked men; but shows the infinite distance there is between God and man. He represents to Job some truths he had too much overlooked. Man's righteousness and holiness, at the best, are nothing in comparison with God's, Zechariah 13:1. We should be humbled as mean, guilty, polluted creatures, and renounce self-dependence. But our vileness will commend Christ's condescension and love; the riches of his mercy and the power of his grace will be magnified to all eternity by every sinner he redeems.