Can his armies be numbered? ¹  On whom does his light ²  not rise?

biblegateway Job 25:3

"Is there any number to His troops? And upon whom does His light not rise?

Can His troops be numbered? Does His light not shine on everyone?

Is there any limit to the number of his troops? Is there anyone on whom his light does not rise?

biblegateway Job 25:3

Can his forces be numbered? Upon whom does his light not rise?

Is there any number to his armies? Upon whom does his light not arise?

bibleoremus Job 25:3

Is there any number to his armies? Upon whom does his light not arise?

His squadrons are without number; at whom will they not spring from ambush?

biblegateway Job 25:3

Is there any number to His armies? Upon whom does His light not rise?

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

biblegateway Job 25:3

Can his armies be numbered? ¹  On whom does his light ²  not rise?

¹ tn Heb “Is there a number to his troops?” The question is rhetorical: there is no number to them!

² tc In place of “light” here the LXX has “his ambush,” perhaps reading אֹרְבוֹ (’orÿvo) instead of אוֹרֵהוּ (’orehu, “his light”). But while that captures the idea of troops and warfare, the change should be rejected because the armies are linked with stars and light. The expression is poetic; the LXX interpretation tried to make it concrete.