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Job 25:2
“Dominion and awe belong to God; He establishes harmony in the heights of heaven.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Bildad the Shuhite speaks to Job during the third cycle of dialogue. He delivers this response after Job’s friends have exhausted their arguments.
The words — The Hebrew הַמְשֵׁל (ham.Shel) means dominion, and פַּחַד (Pa.chad) conveys dread or awe. These terms pair with עֹשֶׂה (o.Seh), meaning he makes, and שָׁלוֹם (Sha.lom), meaning peace.
The thread — The concept of divine authority and heavenly harmony runs through 1 Chronicles 29:11 and Colossians 1:20. The tension between God’s order and human terror parallels Revelation 6:16.
Why it lands — The text states that God alone holds supreme power and creates harmony in the heavens. A reader must acknowledge human limitation before submitting to divine governance.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high places.
Cross-references
- Colossians 1:20 and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through the blood of His cross.
- Revelation 6:16 And they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb.
- 1 Chronicles 29:11 Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the splendor and the majesty, for everything in heaven and on earth belongs to You. Yours, O LORD, is the kingdom, and You are exalted as head over all.
- Job 9:2 “Yes, I know that it is so, but how can a mortal be righteous before God?
- Job 26:5 The dead tremble—those beneath the waters and those who dwell in them.
- Job 40:9 Do you have an arm like God’s? Can you thunder with a voice like His?
- Psalms 99:1 The LORD reigns; let the nations tremble! He is enthroned above the cherubim; let the earth quake!
- Isaiah 57:19 bringing praise to their lips. Peace, peace to those far and near,” says the LORD, “and I will heal them.”
- Jeremiah 10:6 There is none like You, O LORD. You are great, and Your name is mighty in power.
- Daniel 4:34 But at the end of those days I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven, and my sanity was restored to me. Then I praised the Most High, and I honored and glorified Him who lives forever: “For His dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom endures from generation to generation.