Job 25:1

1 Bildad the Shuchi said,

Job 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.

Job 25:1 In-Context

1 Bildad the Shuchi said,

2 "Dominion and fear belong to him; he makes peace in his high places.

3 Can his armies be numbered? On whom does his light not shine?

4 How then can humans be righteous with God? How can those born of women be clean?

5 Why, before him even the moon lacks brightness, and the stars themselves are not pure.