Job 25 · Verse 3

Job 25:3

Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?
Job 25:3, King James Version

Job 25:3 in other translations

BSBCan His troops be numbered? On whom does His light not rise?
WEBCan his armies be counted? On whom does his light not arise?
ASVIs there any number of his armies? And upon whom doth not his light arise?
YLTIs their any number to His troops? And on whom ariseth not His light?
DARBYIs there any number of his troops? and upon whom doth not his light arise?
BBEIs it possible for his armies to be numbered? and on whom is not his light shining?
WebsterIs there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?

What does Job 25:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
3. armies--angels and stars (Is 40:26; Jr 33:22; Ge 15:5; "countless," Da 7:10). his light--(Jas 1:17).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Job 25:3 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.

הֲיֵ֣שׁha.Yesh¿ [is] thereH3426
מִ֭סְפָּרMis.pora numberH4557
לִגְדוּדָ֑יוlig.du.Davto troops hisH1416
וְעַל\־ve.'al-and onH5921
מִ֝֗יMiwhom?H4310
לֹא\־lo'-notH3808
יָק֥וּםya.Kumdoes it riseH6965
אוֹרֵֽהוּ\׃'o.Re.hulight hisH216

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 25:3

  • James 1:17

    Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

  • Matthew 5:45

    That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

  • Isaiah 40:26

    Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.

  • Psalms 148:2-4

    Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts. Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light. Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens.

  • John 1:9

    That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

  • Revelation 5:11

    And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;

  • Job 38:12-13

    Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place; That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?

  • Psalms 103:20-21

    Bless the Lord, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word. Bless ye the Lord, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure.

  • Psalms 19:4-6

    Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race. His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.

  • Genesis 1:14-16

    And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

  • John 1:4

    In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

  • Matthew 26:53

    Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
there.
Ps 103:20,21; 148:2-4; Isa 40:26; Da 7:10; Mt 26:53; Re 5:11
upon whom.
38:12,13; Ge 1:3-5,14-16; Ps 19:4-6; Mt 5:45; Joh 1:4,9; Jas 1:17

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Context

  • 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?

  • Job 25:4

    How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?

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Job 25:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		¿Tienen sus ejércitos número? ¿y sobre quién no está su luz?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Peut-on dénombrer ses troupes? et sur qui sa lumière ne se lève-t-elle pas?
German
Elberfelder 1871		Sind seine Scharen zu zählen? und über wem erhebt sich nicht sein Licht?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Numquid est numerus militum ejus? et super quem non surget lumen illius?