Job 25 · Verse 2

Job 25:2

Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high places.
Job 25:2, King James Version

Job 25:2 in other translations

BSB“Dominion and awe belong to God; He establishes harmony in the heights of heaven.
WEB“Dominion and fear are with him. He makes peace in his high places.
ASVDominion and fear are with him; He maketh peace in his high places.
YLTThe rule and fear are with Him, Making peace in His high places.
DARBYDominion and fear are with him; he maketh peace in his high places.
BBERule and power are his; he makes peace in his high places.
WebsterDominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high places.

What does Job 25:2 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
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).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 2 Dominion and fear are with him - God is an absolute sovereign; his fear is on all the hosts of heaven; and by his sovereignty he establishes and preserves order in the heavens, and among all the inhabitants of the eternal world: how canst thou, therefore, dare to appeal to him, or desire to appear before him?

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Job 25:2 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הַמְשֵׁ֣לham.SheldominionH4910
וָפַ֣חַדva.Fa.chadand dreadH6343
עִמּ֑וֹi.Mo[are] with himH5973
עֹשֶׂ֥ה'o.Seh[he] makesH6213
שָׁ֝ל֗וֹםSha.LompeaceH7965
בִּמְרוֹמָֽיו\׃bim.ro.Mavin heights hisH4791

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Cross references for Job 25:2

  • Colossians 1:20

    And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.

  • Revelation 6:16

    And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:

  • Matthew 28:18

    And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.

  • Psalms 99:1-3

    The Lord reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth between the cherubims; let the earth be moved. The Lord is great in Zion; and he is high above all the people. Let them praise thy great and terrible name; for it is holy.

  • Job 40:9-14

    Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him? Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty. Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him. Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place. …

  • Jeremiah 10:6-7

    Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O Lord; thou art great, and thy name is great in might. Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.

  • Isaiah 57:19

    I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the Lord; and I will heal him.

  • Job 9:2-10

    I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God? If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand. He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered? Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger. …

  • 1 Chronicles 29:11-12

    Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all. Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.

  • Jude 1:25

    To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.

  • Ephesians 1:20-21

    Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:

  • Ephesians 2:16-17

    And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Dominion.
9:2-10; 26:5-14; 40:9-14; 1Ch 29:11,12; Ps 99:1-3; Jer 10:6,7
Da 4:34-37; Mt 6:13; 28:18; Eph 1:20,21; Jude 1:25; Re 6:16
he maketh.
Isa 57:15,19; Mt 5:9; 2Co 5:18-21; Eph 2:16,17; Col 1:20

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Context

  • Job 25:1

    Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

  • Job 25:2

    Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high places.

  • Job 25:3

    Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?

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Job 25:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
El señorío y el temor están con él: él hace paz en sus alturas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
La domination et la terreur sont avec lui; il fait la paix dans ses hauts lieux.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Herrschaft und Schrecken sind bei ihm; er schafft Frieden in seinen Höhen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Potestas et terror apud eum est, qui facit concordiam in sublimibus suis.