Job 25:5

The glory of God, shining in his providences, eclipses the glory of the brightest creatures, Isa. xxiv. The moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the Lord of hosts shall reign in Mount Sion.

Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not - Or, behold even the moon shineth not. That is, in comparison with God it is dark and obscure. The idea is, that the most beautiful and glorious objects become dim and fade away when compared with him. So Jerome renders it, Ecce luna etiam non splendet. The word here rendered “shineth” (יאהיל ya'âhalı̂yl) frequently means to pitch or remove a tent, and is a form of the word אהל 'ôhel uniformly rendered tent or tabernacle.

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;

Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not - It is continually changing its appearance. It never appears twice in its whole revolution with the same face: it is ever waxing or waning; and its face is variegated with opaque spots. Its changeableness can never be compared with the unchangeable nature of God. Yea, the stars are not pure in his sight - Whatever their excellence may be as stars, it is nothing in comparison with him from whom they have derived their being and splendor. See the notes on Job 4:18; Job 15:14-16. The Targum reads: “Behold, the moon is as yet spotted in her eastern part; the sun shines not; and the stars are not pure in his sight.” Some think that by stars are meant those angels who kept not their first estate: this may be so, but I cannot see it in the text. It may, however, mean the heavenly host, as it is supposed to do, Job 28:7; but I still must hesitate on the propriety of such applications. It is probable this speech of Bildad was delivered in the night-season, when clouds interrupted the bright shining of the moon. The third verse seems to refer immediately to the stars, which to the naked eye are innumerable. The sun is not mentioned, because of his absence. This speech of Bildad is both confused and inconclusive. His reasoning is absurd, and he draws false conclusions from his premises. In the third verse, he says, “Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom does not his light arise?” But how absurd is the conclusion which he draws from his questions: - “How then can a man be justified with God, or he be clean who is born of a woman?” This has no relation to the premises; still to us the question is not difficult, and has already been answered in the notes: “A man can be justified with God,” through the blood of Christ; and “he can be clean who is born of a woman.” through the sanctification of the Spirit.