The Meaning of Job 25:3 Explained

Job 25:3

KJV: Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?

YLT: Is their any number to His troops? And on whom ariseth not His light?

Darby: Is there any number of his troops? and upon whom doth not his light arise?

ASV: Is there any number of his armies? And upon whom doth not his light arise?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Is there  any number  of his armies?  and upon whom doth not his light  arise? 

What does Job 25:3 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 25:1-6 - How Can Man Be Just Before God?
Bildad's closing speech adds little to the controversy. He suggests simply that Job's vindications of himself do not imply that he is righteous before God, and, acting upon the philosophy of the time, Bildad prefers to consider that Job is guilty of unrealized sins rather than believe that God has permitted suffering to come to Him unmerited.
There are some unanswerable questions in this paragraph-suggestions full of helpfulness. God's armies are numberless-ten thousand times ten thousand, and every angel is pledged to our help. His light shines everywhere, even on the saddest hearts. Not one of us can be just before Him, but we may avail ourselves of the justifying righteousness of Christ, which, as Bunyan says, is always the same, not increased by our good frames of mind or lessened by our bad ones. None of woman born are clean, but the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses from all sin. Moon and stars pale and pass away, but God hath set His heart upon His saints, and hath adopted them into His family. And when the fabric of nature shall have decayed, they shall shine as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 25

1  Bildad shows that man cannot be justified before God

What do the individual words in Job 25:3 mean?

Is there any number to His armies and Upon whom not does rise His light
הֲיֵ֣שׁ מִ֭סְפָּר ؟ לִגְדוּדָ֑יו וְעַל־ מִ֝֗י לֹא־ יָק֥וּם ؟ אוֹרֵֽהוּ

הֲיֵ֣שׁ  Is  there 
Parse: Adverb
Root: יֵשׁ  
Sense: being, existence, substance, there is or are.
מִ֭סְפָּר  any  number 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִסְפָּר  
Sense: number, tale.
؟ לִגְדוּדָ֑יו  to  His  armies 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: גְּדוּד  
Sense: a band, troop, marauding band.
וְעַל־  and  Upon 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
מִ֝֗י  whom 
Parse: Interrogative
Root: מִי  
Sense: who?, whose?, whom?, would that, whoever, whosoever.
יָק֥וּם  does  rise 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: קוּם 
Sense: to rise, arise, stand, rise up, stand up.
؟ אוֹרֵֽהוּ  His  light 
Parse: Noun, common singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אֹור  
Sense: light.