King James Version
Job 25:3 in the King James Version says “Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?” — study this verse from Job chapter 25 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?”
Job 25:3 · KJV
Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high places.
Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?
How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?
Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Is there”
H3426there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection)
“any number”
H4557a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“arise”
H6965to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
“and upon whom doth not his light”
H216illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
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