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On whom does his light not rise?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/job/25.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Who is able to count his heavenly army? Doesn’t his light shine on all the earth?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/25.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Is there any number to his armies? Upon whom does his light not arise?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/25.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Can His troops be numbered? On whom does His light not rise?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/25.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/25.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Is there any number to His armies? Upon whom does His light not rise?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/25.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Is there any number to His troops? And upon whom does His light not rise?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/25.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Is there any number to His troops? And upon whom does His light not rise?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/25.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Is there any number to His troops? And upon whom does His light not rise?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/25.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Is there any number to His troops? And upon whom does His light not rise?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/25.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Is there any number to His [vast celestial] armies? And upon whom does His light not rise?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/25.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Can his troops be numbered? Does his light not shine on everyone?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/25.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Can His troops be numbered? Does His light not shine on everyone? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/25.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Is there any number of his armies? And upon whom doth not his light arise?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/25.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Who can count his army of stars? Isn't God the source of light? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/25.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/25.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Is there any [limit to the] number of his troops? Is there anyone on whom his light does not rise?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/25.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Can anyone count the angels who serve him? Is there any place where God's light does not shine? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/25.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Is there any limit to his armies? On whom does his light not shine? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/25.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Can His troops be numbered? On whom does His light not rise?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/25.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Can his armies be numbered? On whom does his light not rise? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/25.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Can his armies be counted? On whom does his light not arise?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/25.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/25.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Can his armies be counted? On whom does his light not arise? <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/25.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Is their [any] number to His troops? And on whom does His light not arise?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/25.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Is their any number to His troops? And on whom ariseth not His light?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/25.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Is there a number to his troops? and upon whom shall not his light arise?<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/25.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Is there any numbering of his soldiers? and upon whom shall not his light arise? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/25.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Is there any limit to the number of his soldiers or to the number of those over whom his light rises?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/25.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Is there any numbering of his troops? Yet on which of them does his light not rise? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/25.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Is there any number to his armies? Upon whom does his light not arise?<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/25.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Is there any number to his armies? And upon whom does not his light shine?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/25.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And there is no computation to his power, and upon whom does his light not dawn?<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/25.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Is there any number of His armies? And upon whom doth not His light arise?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/25.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />For let none think that there is a respite for robbers: and upon whom will there not come a snare from him?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/25-3.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=3830" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/25.htm">Bildad: Man Cannot Be Righteous</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">2</span>“Dominion and awe belong to God; He establishes harmony in the heights of heaven. <span class="reftext">3</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3426.htm" title="3426: hă·yêš (Adv) -- Being, substance, existence, is. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/1416.htm" title="1416: liḡ·ḏū·ḏāw (Prep-l:: N-mpc:: 3ms) -- A band, troop. From gadad; a crowd.">Can His troops</a> <a href="/hebrew/4557.htm" title="4557: mis·pār (N-ms) -- Number, tally. From caphar; a number, definite or indefinite; also narration.">be numbered?</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: wə·‘al- (Conj-w:: Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">On</a> <a href="/hebrew/4310.htm" title="4310: mî (Interrog) -- An interrogative pronoun of persons, as mah is of things, who?; also whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix.">whom</a> <a href="/hebrew/216.htm" title="216: ’ō·w·rê·hū (N-csc:: 3ms) -- A light. From 'owr; illumination or luminary.">does His light</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">not</a> <a href="/hebrew/6965.htm" title="6965: yā·qūm (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To arise, stand up, stand. A primitive root; to rise.">rise?</a> </span><span class="reftext">4</span>How then can a man be just before God? How can one born of woman be pure?…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/103-21.htm">Psalm 103:21</a></span><br />Bless the LORD, all His hosts, you servants who do His will.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/4-35.htm">Daniel 4:35</a></span><br />All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/40-26.htm">Isaiah 40:26</a></span><br />Lift up your eyes on high: Who created all these? He leads forth the starry host by number; He calls each one by name. Because of His great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-6.htm">Nehemiah 9:6</a></span><br />You alone are the LORD. You created the heavens, the highest heavens with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to all things, and the host of heaven worships You.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/148-2.htm">Psalm 148:2</a></span><br />Praise Him, all His angels; praise Him, all His heavenly hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/45-12.htm">Isaiah 45:12</a></span><br />It is I who made the earth and created man upon it. It was My hands that stretched out the heavens, and I ordained all their host.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/147-4.htm">Psalm 147:4</a></span><br />He determines the number of the stars; He calls them each by name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/34-1.htm">Isaiah 34:1-2</a></span><br />Come near, O nations, to listen; pay attention, O peoples. Let the earth hear, and all that fills it, the world and all that springs from it. / The LORD is angry with all the nations and furious with all their armies. He will devote them to destruction; He will give them over to slaughter.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/33-22.htm">Jeremiah 33:22</a></span><br />As the hosts of heaven cannot be counted and as the sand on the seashore cannot be measured, so too will I multiply the descendants of My servant David and the Levites who minister before Me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/4-19.htm">Deuteronomy 4:19</a></span><br />When you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the LORD your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/1-14.htm">Hebrews 1:14</a></span><br />Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/5-11.htm">Revelation 5:11</a></span><br />Then I looked, and I heard the voices of many angels encircling the throne, and the living creatures and the elders. And their number was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/26-53.htm">Matthew 26:53</a></span><br />Are you not aware that I can call on My Father, and He will at once put at My disposal more than twelve legions of angels?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/1-16.htm">Colossians 1:16</a></span><br />For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/1-21.htm">Ephesians 1:21</a></span><br />far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in the present age but also in the one to come.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Is there any number of his armies? and on whom does not his light arise?</p><p class="hdg">there</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/103-20.htm">Psalm 103:20,21</a></b></br> Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/148-2.htm">Psalm 148:2-4</a></b></br> Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/40-26.htm">Isaiah 40:26</a></b></br> Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these <i>things</i>, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that <i>he is</i> strong in power; not one faileth.</p><p class="hdg">upon whom</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/38-12.htm">Job 38:12,13</a></b></br> Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; <i>and</i> caused the dayspring to know his place; … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/1-3.htm">Genesis 1:3-5,14-16</a></b></br> And God said, Let there be light: and there was light… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/19-4.htm">Psalm 19:4-6</a></b></br> Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/19-18.htm">Arise</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-44.htm">Ariseth</a> <a href="/job/19-12.htm">Armies</a> <a href="/job/19-11.htm">Counted</a> <a href="/job/10-17.htm">Forces</a> <a href="/job/24-18.htm">Light</a> <a href="/job/15-20.htm">Numbered</a> <a href="/job/22-2.htm">Possible</a> <a href="/job/24-22.htm">Rise</a> <a href="/job/22-28.htm">Shining</a> <a href="/job/19-12.htm">Troops</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/30-12.htm">Arise</a> <a href="/job/31-14.htm">Ariseth</a> <a href="/psalms/24-10.htm">Armies</a> <a href="/job/34-6.htm">Counted</a> <a href="/job/36-19.htm">Forces</a> <a href="/job/26-10.htm">Light</a> <a href="/job/31-4.htm">Numbered</a> <a href="/job/25-4.htm">Possible</a> <a href="/job/30-12.htm">Rise</a> <a href="/job/29-3.htm">Shining</a> <a href="/job/29-25.htm">Troops</a><div class="vheading2">Job 25</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/25-1.htm">Bildad shows that man cannot be justified before God</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/25.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/25.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Can His troops be numbered?</b><br>This phrase reflects the vastness and incomprehensibility of God's creation and power. In the context of the Book of Job, Bildad is emphasizing God's sovereignty and the innumerable hosts of heaven, which include angels and celestial bodies. This echoes passages like <a href="/psalms/147-4.htm">Psalm 147:4</a>, where God is said to determine the number of stars and call them by name, highlighting His omniscience and omnipotence. The imagery of troops also suggests order and authority, as seen in <a href="/2_kings/6-17.htm">2 Kings 6:17</a>, where Elisha's servant's eyes are opened to see the hills full of horses and chariots of fire, representing God's heavenly army. This reinforces the idea that God's power and resources are beyond human comprehension.<p><b>On whom does His light not rise?</b><br>This phrase speaks to the universality of God's presence and influence. Light is often used in Scripture as a metaphor for God's truth, guidance, and life-giving power, as seen in <a href="/john/1-9.htm">John 1:9</a>, where Jesus is described as the true light that gives light to everyone. The rhetorical question implies that there is no one beyond the reach of God's illumination, aligning with <a href="/psalms/19-6.htm">Psalm 19:6</a>, which describes the sun's circuit and its pervasive influence. Culturally, light was a symbol of knowledge and purity, contrasting with darkness, which represented ignorance and evil. This phrase underscores the belief that God's revelation and moral order are accessible to all humanity, pointing to the inclusive nature of His divine plan.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/b/bildad_the_shuhite.htm">Bildad the Shuhite</a></b><br>One of Job's three friends who comes to comfort him. In this chapter, Bildad is speaking, emphasizing God's majesty and power.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>The central figure of the book, a man of great faith who undergoes severe trials and suffering.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The Almighty, whose sovereignty and omnipotence are being discussed by Bildad in this passage.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/h/heavenly_hosts.htm">Heavenly Hosts</a></b><br>Referred to as "troops" in this verse, indicating the innumerable angels or celestial beings under God's command.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/c/creation.htm">Creation</a></b><br>The reference to "His light" rising upon all, indicating God's pervasive presence and influence over the entire world.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_omnipotence.htm">God's Sovereignty and Omnipotence</a></b><br>Recognize that God's power is beyond human comprehension. His "troops" cannot be numbered, symbolizing His infinite authority and control over all creation.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_universality_of_god's_presence.htm">The Universality of God's Presence</a></b><br>Understand that God's light rises upon everyone, indicating His omnipresence and the fact that no one is beyond His reach or care.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/humility_before_god.htm">Humility Before God</a></b><br>Acknowledge our limited understanding and position before an all-powerful God. This should lead us to humility and reverence in our relationship with Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_control.htm">Trust in God's Control</a></b><br>In times of uncertainty or suffering, like Job, we can find comfort in knowing that God is in control of all things, including the vast armies of heaven.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/reflecting_god's_light.htm">Reflecting God's Light</a></b><br>As believers, we are called to reflect God's light in our lives, sharing His love and truth with others, knowing that His light is meant for all.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_25.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 25</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_are_key_jewish_practices_late_in_ot.htm">Why does the Old Testament lack references to key Jewish practices (such as strict monotheism) until much later historical periods?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_bildad's_short_speech_in_job_25_edited.htm">Does the brevity of Bildad's final speech in Job 25 suggest any missing text or redaction, potentially undermining the book's historical reliability?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_job_25_and_romans_3_22_align.htm">How do these verses in Job 25 reconcile with other biblical texts that affirm human worth and righteousness through faith (e.g., Romans 3:22)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_levites_start_at_25_or_30.htm">Why does Numbers 8:24-25 state Levites begin serving at age 25, while Numbers 4:3 says they start at age 30?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/25.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(3) <span class= "bld">Is there any number of his armies?</span>--He is also so glorious that He dispenses of His glory to His innumerable hosts of angels. Glorious as they are, they but reflect His glory; and what then must not that be? but if so, how utterly hopeless for man to think he can have any purity to compete with His, or that He will acknowledge to be such. Man also is by nature and birth unclean. (Comp. <a href="/psalms/51-5.htm" title="Behold, I was shaped in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.">Psalm 51:5</a>.)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/25.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 3.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Is there any number of his armies?</span> (comp. <a href="/psalms/68-17.htm">Psalm 68:17</a>, "The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels;" and <a href="/daniel/7-10.htm">Daniel 7:10</a>, "Thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him;" see also <a href="/2_kings/6-16.htm">2 Kings 6:16, 17</a>; <a href="/matthew/26-53.htm">Matthew 26:53</a>; <a href="/hebrews/12-22.htm">Hebrews 12:22</a>; <a href="/revelation/9-16.htm">Revelation 9:16</a>). The number of the angels at any given time must be a definite one. But as there is nothing to limit the further exercise of creative power in this direction, the possible number is indefinite<span class="cmt_word">. And upon whom doth not his light arise?</span> Upon what being among all the countless thousands whom he hath created, or will create, does not the brightness of his effulgence shine in such sort that they are illumined by him, and them° selves shine with a mere reflected splendour? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/25-3.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Can His troops</span><br /><span class="heb">לִגְדוּדָ֑יו</span> <span class="translit">(liḡ·ḏū·ḏāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1416.htm">Strong's 1416: </a> </span><span class="str2">A band, troop</span><br /><br /><span class="word">be numbered?</span><br /><span class="heb">מִ֭סְפָּר</span> <span class="translit">(mis·pār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4557.htm">Strong's 4557: </a> </span><span class="str2">A number, definite, indefinite, narration</span><br /><br /><span class="word">On</span><br /><span class="heb">וְעַל־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">whom</span><br /><span class="heb">מִ֝֗י</span> <span class="translit">(mî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interrogative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4310.htm">Strong's 4310: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix</span><br /><br /><span class="word">does His light</span><br /><span class="heb">אוֹרֵֽהוּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·w·rê·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_216.htm">Strong's 216: </a> </span><span class="str2">Illumination, luminary</span><br /><br /><span class="word">not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹא־</span> <span class="translit">(lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">rise?</span><br /><span class="heb">יָק֥וּם</span> <span class="translit">(yā·qūm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6965.htm">Strong's 6965: </a> </span><span class="str2">To arise, stand up, stand</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/25-3.htm">Job 25:3 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/25-3.htm">Job 25:3 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/25-3.htm">Job 25:3 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/25-3.htm">Job 25:3 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/25-3.htm">Job 25:3 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/25-3.htm">Job 25:3 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/25-3.htm">Job 25:3 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/25-3.htm">Job 25:3 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/25-3.htm">Job 25:3 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/25-3.htm">Job 25:3 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/25-3.htm">OT Poetry: Job 25:3 Can his armies be counted? 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