Job 25 · Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
CHAPTER 25 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 ; Ep 1:10 ).
3. armies-- angels and stars ( Is 40:26 ; Jr 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.