THIRD SERIES.
@Job 25:1-6. BILDAD'S REPLY.
He tries to show Job's rashness (@Job 23:3), by arguments borrowed from Eliphaz (@Job 15:15), with which compare @Job 11:17.
2. Power and terror, that is, terror-inspiring power.
peace in his high places--implying that His power is such on high
as to quell all opposition, not merely there, but on earth also. The
Holy Ghost here shadowed forth Gospel truths (@Col 1:20 Eph 1:10).
3. armies--angels and stars (@Isa 40:26 Jer 33:22 Ge 15:5;
"countless," @Da 7:10).
his light--(@Jas 1:17).
4. (@Job 4:17,18 14:4 15:14).
5. "Look up even unto the moon" (@Job 15:15). "Stars" here answer to "saints" (angels); the moon" here to "the heavens" there. Even the "stars," the most dazzling object to man's eye, and the angels, of which the stars are emblems (@Job 4:18 Re 9:1), are imperfect in His sight. Theirs is the light and purity but of creatures; His of the Creator.
6. (@Job 4:19-21 15:16).
worm . . . worm--Two distinct Hebrew words. The first, a worm bred
in putridity; alluding to man's corruption. The second a crawling
worm; implying that man is weak and grovelling.