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Job 25:3
Can His troops be numbered? On whom does His light not rise?
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Bildad addresses Job during a theological exchange about human standing before God. He speaks to Job in the context of divine majesty and human limitation. The words — הֲ/יֵ֣שׁ (ha./Yesh) means "is there" or "can," and מִ֭סְפָּר (Mis.por) means "a number." The phrase literally asks whether a count exists for His troops. The thread — The concept of divine light rising on all appears in Matthew 5:45 and James 1:17, while the theme of God's light originates in Genesis 1:3. Why it lands — The text states that God's hosts are uncountable and His light reaches everyone without exception. It requires readers to accept human finitude and divine omnipresence without relying on personal merit.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?
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.
- Matthew 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.
- Genesis 1:3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
- Genesis 1:14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.
- Job 38:12 In your days, have you commanded the morning or assigned the dawn its place,
- Psalms 19:4 their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. In the heavens He has pitched a tent for the sun.
- Psalms 103:20 Bless the LORD, all His angels mighty in strength who carry out His word, who hearken to the voice of His command.
- Psalms 148:2 Praise Him, all His angels; praise Him, all His heavenly hosts.
- Isaiah 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.
- Daniel 7:10 A river of fire was flowing, coming out from His presence. Thousands upon thousands attended Him, and myriads upon myriads stood before Him. The court was convened, and the books were opened.