Chapter Text
25:1 Then Baldad the Suhite answered, and said:
25:2 Power and terror are with him, who maketh peace in his high places.
25:3 Is there any numbering of his soldiers? and upon whom shall not his light arise?
25:4 Can man be justified compared with God, or he that is born of a woman appear clean?
25:5 Behold even the moon doth not shine, and the stars are not pure in his sight.
25:6 How much more is man than rottenness and the son of man than a worm?
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "justified", "light", "baldad", "suhite", "answered", "said", "power", and "terror". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "justified" and "light", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The local DRB text gives this verse as the immediate unit, so "justified" and "light" carries the first interpretive weight. In Job context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.
A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "justified" and "light" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.