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Job 25:2 — King James Version← Study notes

Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high places.


Job 25:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 25:26 words
HebrewMeaning
הַמְשֵׁ֣לhaməšēl
dominionverbH4910
make to have) dominion · governor · indeed · reign ···
וָ/פַ֣חַדwāpaḥad
and dreadconjH6343
fear · great (fear · -ly feared) · terror
עִמּ֑/וֹʿimwō
are with himpronH5973
against · and · as · before ···
עֹשֶׂ֥הʿōśeh
he makesverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
שָׁ֝ל֗וֹםšālwōm
peacenounH7965
do · fare · favour · friend ···
בִּ/מְרוֹמָֽי/וbimərwōmāyw
in heights hispronH4791
dignity · haughty · height · (most ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Job 25:2

Dominion and fear are with Him; Who maketh peace in His high places. As though he expressed himself in plain words; ‘He only truly terrifies the hearts of mortals, who by the power of His Divine nature truly possesses these.’ For what terror does the power of man infuse, which knows not when it may lack the light of that power? Now it is rightly said, He maketh peace in His high places. Because there are many things at variance with themselves below, but they run answerably…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 17 §15
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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