Job 25:3

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֲיֵ֣שׁ מִ֭סְפָּר לִגְדוּדָ֑יו וְעַל־מִ֝֗י לֹא־יָק֥וּם אוֹרֵֽהוּ׃

Transliteration

hă-yēš mispār ligdūdāyw wə-ʿal-mī lōʾ-yāqūm ʾōrēhū

Grammar Details

• *hă-yēš*: interrogative particle + existential particle - is there?
• *mispār*: noun, masculine singular - number/count
• *ligdūdāyw*: preposition + noun, masculine plural construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - to his troops
• *wə-ʿal-mī*: conjunction + preposition + interrogative pronoun - and upon whom
• *lōʾ-yāqūm*: negative particle + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - does not arise
• *ʾōrēhū*: noun, masculine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his light

Word Meanings

• *mispār*: number, count, limit
• *gdūdāyw*: troops, bands, raiders
• *yāqūm*: to arise, stand, be established
• *ʾōrēhū*: his light, illumination, radiance

Referenced Verses

• Jas 1:17 : 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
• Matt 5:45 : 45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
• Matt 26:53 : 53 {G2228} Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?
• John 1:4 : 4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
• John 1:9 : 9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
• Rev 5:11 : 11 And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;
• Gen 1:3-5 : 3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. 5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
• Gen 1:14-16 : 14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: 15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. 16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
• Job 38:12-13 : 12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place; 13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
• Ps 19:4-6 : 4 Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, 5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race. 6 His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
• Ps 103:20-21 : 20 Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word. 21 Bless ye the LORD, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure.
• Ps 148:2-4 : 2 Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts. 3 Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light. 4 Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens.
• Isa 40:26 : 26 Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.
• Dan 7:10 : 10 A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.