Job 25:5 BSB — MannaFest

Job 25:5

If even the moon does not shine, and the stars are not pure in His sight,

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Behold, even the moon hath no brightness, And the stars are not pure in his sight:

KJV

Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.

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Commentary

3 voices

Gregory the Dialogist

Morals on the Book of Job, Book XVII (604)

Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in His sight. What is denoted by 'the moon' but the whole Church together? what by 'the stars' but the souls of the several persons that live rightly? who amidst the practices of wicked men, whilst they are conspicuous by rare virtues, as it were shine in the darkness of night. Whence likewise it is said by Paul to the disciples; Among whom ye shine like lights in the world.

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

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.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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;

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הֵ֣ן	hen	there!	H2005 →
עַד־	'ad-	up to	H5704 →
יָ֭רֵחַ	Ya.re.ach	[the] moon	H3394 →
וְלֹ֣א	ve.Lo'	and not	H3808 →
יַאֲהִ֑יל	ya.'a.Hil	it is clear	H166 →
וְ֝כוֹכָבִ֗ים	ve.kho.kha.Vim	and [the] stars	H3556 →
לֹא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
זַכּ֥וּ	za.Ku	they are pure	H2141 →
בְעֵינָֽיו׃	ve.'ei.Nav	in view his	H5869 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 24:23
The moon will be confounded and the sun will be ashamed; for the LORD of Hosts will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before His elders with great glory.
leads to
- Revelation 22:5
  There will be no more night in the city, and they will have no need for the light of a lamp or of the sun. For the Lord God will shine on them, and…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 60:19
  No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your…
- Isaiah 13:10
  For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The rising sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light.
- Revelation 21:23
  And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp.
Through
Job 15:15
If God puts no trust in His holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in His eyes,
leads to
- Job 4:18
  If God puts no trust in His servants, and He charges His angels with error,
Through
Job 31:26
if I have beheld the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor,
leads to
- Ezekiel 8:16
  So He brought me to the inner court of the house of the LORD, and there at the entrance to the temple of the LORD, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five…
- Deuteronomy 4:19
  When you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the LORD your God has apportioned to…
Through
2 Corinthians 3:10
Indeed, what was once glorious has no glory now in comparison to the glory that surpasses it.
leads to
- 2 Peter 1:17
  For He received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice came to Him from the Majestic Glory, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”

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02Original language & word study

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Job

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Job