Albert Barnes Commentary Job 25:2

Albert Barnes Commentary

Job 25:2

1798–1870
Presbyterian
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes Commentary

Job 25:2

1798–1870
Presbyterian
SCRIPTURE

"Dominion and fear are with him; He maketh peace in his high places." — Job 25:2 (ASV)

Dominion and fear are with him - That is, God has a right to rule, and He should be regarded with reverence. The object of Bildad is to show that He is so great and glorious that it is impossible that man should be regarded as pure in His sight. He begins, therefore, by saying that He is a Sovereign, that He is clothed with majesty, and that He is worthy of profound veneration.

He maketh peace in his high places - "High places," here refer to the heavenly worlds. The idea is that He preserves peace and concord among the hosts of heaven. Numerous and mighty as are the armies of the skies, yet He keeps them in order and in awe. The object is to present an image of the majesty and power of that Being who thus controls a vast number of minds. The phrase does not necessarily imply that there had been variance or strife, and that then God had made peace, but that He preserved or kept them in peace.