Iyov 25:1

1 5 Then answered Bildad the Shuchi, and said,

Iyov 25:1 Meaning and Commentary

Job 25:1

Then answered Bildad the Shuhite
Not to what Job had just now delivered, in order to disprove that, that men, guilty of the grossest crimes, often go unpunished in this life, and prosper and succeed, and die in peace and quietness, as other men; either because he was convinced of the truth of what he had said, or else because he thought he was an obstinate man, and that it was best to let him alone, and say no more to him, since there was no likelihood of working any conviction on him; wherefore he only tries to possess his mind of the greatness and majesty of God, in order to deter him from applying to God in a judicial way, and expecting redress and relief from him;

and said;
as follows.

Iyov 25:1 In-Context

1 5 Then answered Bildad the Shuchi, and said,

2 Dominion and pachad are with Him, oseh shalom bimromav.

3 Is there any number of His armies? And upon whom doth not His ohr arise?

4 Mah yitzdak Enosh im El (how then can man be justified, set right, with G-d?) Or how can he be clean that is born of isha?

5 If even the yarei’ach shineth not, yea, the kokhavim are not pure in His sight,