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Job 25:5

Job 25:5
Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Behold, even to the moon,.... If all things that are glorious and illustrious in the lower world, and which are between that and the region of the moon, are beheld; or all from the seat of the Divine…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

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…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 25:1-6

Bildad is to be commended here for two things: - 1. For speaking no more on the subject about which Job and he differed. Perhaps he began to think Job was in the right, and then it was justice to say…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

The thought of Job 25:25 amplified. Even the moon, the brightest star, does not shine, is dark, when He looks upon it, and the stars are not pure, how much less man, which is a worm? The contrast…

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