Chapter Text
25:1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and sayd,
25:2 Power and feare is with him, that maketh peace in his hie places.
25:3 Is there any nomber in his armies? and vpon whom shall not his light arise?
25:4 And howe may a man be iustified with God? or how can he be cleane, that is borne of woman?
25:5 Behold, he wil giue no light to the moone, and the starres are vncleane in his sight.
25:6 How much more man, a worme, euen the sonne of man, which is but a worme?
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "light", "answered", "bildad", "shuhite", "sayd", "power", "feare", and "maketh". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "light" and "answered", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The local GNV text gives this verse as the immediate unit, so "light" and "answered" 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 "light" and "answered" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.