Job 25:1

1 Bildad the Shuhite again attacked Job:

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 Shuhite again attacked Job:

2 "God is sovereign, God is fearsome - everything in the cosmos fits and works in his plan.

3 Can anyone count his angel armies? Is there any place where his light doesn't shine?

4 How can a mere mortal presume to stand up to God? How can an ordinary person pretend to be guiltless?

5 Why, even the moon has its flaws, even the stars aren't perfect in God's eyes,