DOMINION AND FEAR ARE WITH HIM - That is, God has a right to rule, and he ought to be regarded with reverence. The object of Bildad is to show that He is so great and glorious that it is impossible that man should be regarded as pure in his sight. He begins, therefore, by saying, that he is a Sovere... [ Continue Reading ]
IS THERE ANY NUMBER OF HIS ARMIES? - The armies of heaven; or the hosts of angelic beings, which are often represented as arranged or marshalled into armies; see the notes at Isaiah 1:9. The word which is used here is not the common one which is rendered “hosts,” (צבא _tsâbâ'_), but is גדוּד _g__e... [ Continue Reading ]
HOW THEN CAN MAN BE JUSTIFIED WITH GOD? - see Job 4:17; Job 15:15. Instead of meeting the facts to which Job had appealed, all that Bildad could now do was to repeat what had been said before. It shows that he felt himself unable to dispose of the argument, and yet that he was not willing to confess... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD EVEN TO THE MOON, AND IT SHINETH NOT - Or, behold even the moon shineth not. That is, in comparison with God it is dark and obscure. The idea is, that the most beautiful and glorious objects become dim and fade away when compared with him. So Jerome renders it, Ecce luna etiam non splendet. T... [ Continue Reading ]
HOW MUCH LESS MAN - See Job 4:19. Man is mentioned here as a worm; in Job 4:19 he is said to dwell in a house of clay and to be crushed before the moth. In both cases the design is to represent him as insignificant in comparison with God. A WORM - רמה _rı̂mmâh_; see Job 7:5. The word is commonly a... [ Continue Reading ]