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;
Eph 1:10).
3. armies--angels and stars
(Isa 40:26;
Jer 33:22;
Ge 15:5;
"countless,"
Da 7:10).
his light--
(Jas 1:17).
4. (Job 4:17, 18; 14:4; 15:14).
5. "Look up even unto the moon" (Job 15:15). "Stars" here answer to "saints" (angels) there; "the moon" here to "the heavens" there. Even the "stars," the most dazzling object to man's eye, and the angels, of which the stars are emblems (Job 4:18; Re 9:1), are imperfect in His sight. Theirs is the light and purity but of creatures; His of the Creator.
6.
(Job 4:19-21; 15:16).
worm . . . worm--Two distinct Hebrew words. The first, a worm bred
in putridity; alluding to man's corruption. The second a crawling
worm; implying that man is weak and grovelling.
