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Job 25:3 — King James Version← Study notes

Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?


Job 25:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 25:38 words
HebrewMeaning
הֲ/יֵ֣שׁhăyēš
¿ is thereparticleH3426
(he · it · shall · there ···
מִ֭סְפָּרmisəpār
a numbernounH4557
abundance · all · few · finite ···
לִ/גְדוּדָ֑י/וligədwdāyw
to troops hispronH1416
band · company · troop
וְ/עַלwəʿal
and onconjH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
מִ֝֗יmiy
whom?particleH4310
he · him · O that! what · which ···
לֹאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יָק֥וּםyāqwm
does it riseverbH6965
accomplish · be clearer · confirm · continue ···
אוֹרֵֽ/הוּʾwōrēhw
light hisnounH216
clear · day · light · morning ···
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 25:3

Is there any number of His soldiers? In the cognizance of human reason there is not any number of the spirits above, in that it cannot tell how great is that concourse of the Invisible Host, whereof it is said by Daniel, Thousand thousands ministered unto Him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before Him. The number of the citizens above is represented as infinite and definite, in order that that which relatively to God is capable of being numbered may be shewn…

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