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Job 25
Bildad teaches us, to think highly and honourably of God,
and to think meanly of ourselves, ver. 1-6.
Verse 1. Answered - Not to that which Job spake last, but to that which
seemed most reprovable in all his discourses; his censure of God's
proceedings with him, and his desire of disputing the matter with
him. Perhaps Bildad and the rest now perceived that Job and they
did not differ so much as they thought. They owned that the
wicked might prosper for a while. And Job owned, they would be
destroyed at the last.
Verse 2. Dominion - Sovereign power over all persons and things. Fear -
Terror, that which justly makes him dreadful to all men, and
especially to all that undertake to dispute with him. He - This
clause, as well as the following verse, seems to be added to prove
God's dominion and dreadfulness: he keepeth and ruleth all
persons and things in heaven, in peace and harmony. The angels,
though they be very numerous, all own his sovereignty, and
acquiesce in his pleasure. The stars, tho' vast in their bulk, and
various in their motions: exactly keep the order which God hath
appointed them: and therefore it is great folly for thee to quarrel
with the methods of God's dealings with thee.
Verse 3. Armies - Of the angels, and stars, and other creatures, all which
are his hosts. Light - The light of the sun is communicated to all
parts of the world. This is a faint resemblance, of the cognisance
and care which God takes of the whole creation. All are under the
light of his knowledge: all partake of the light of his goodness: his
pleasure is to shew mercy: all the creatures live upon his bounty.
Verse 4. Man - The word signifies man that is miserable, which
supposes him to be sinful; and shall such a creature quarrel with
that dominion of God, to which the sinless, and happy, and
glorious angels submit? God - Before God's tribunal, to which
thou dost so boldly appeal.
Verse 5. Moon - The moon, tho' bright and glorious, if compared with
the Divine Majesty, is without any lustre or glory. By naming the
moon, and thence proceeding to the stars, the sun is also included.
Verse 6. Worm - Mean, and vile, and impotent; proceeding from
corruption, and returning to it. The son - For miserable man in the
last branch he here puts the son of any man, to shew that this is
true even of the greatest and best of men. Let us then wonder at
the condescension of God, in taking such worms into covenant
and communion with himself!
Chapter 25:
| Darby
| Geneva
| Gill
| Jamieson Faussett Brown
| Matthew Henry
| Matthew Henry Concise
| Wesley
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| Bible Gateway |
Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 Esther Psalms
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