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Job 25

Job 25:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Behold even to the moon
yareach (Hebrew #3394)
the moon
KJV usage: moon. Yrechow. See 3405.
Pronounce: yaw-ray'-akh
Origin: from the same as 3391
, and it shineth
'ahal (Hebrew #166)
to be clear
KJV usage: shine.
Pronounce: aw-hal'
Origin: a primitive root
not; yea, the stars
kowkab (Hebrew #3556)
a star (as round or as shining); figuratively, a prince
KJV usage: star((-gazer)).
Pronounce: ko-kawb'
Origin: probably from the same as 3522 (in the sense of rolling) or 3554 (in the sense of blazing)
are not pure
zakak (Hebrew #2141)
to be transparent or clean (phys. or morally)
KJV usage: be (make) clean, be pure(-r).
Pronounce: zaw-kak'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 2135)
in his sight
`ayin (Hebrew #5869)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: probably a primitive word
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Isa. 24:23• 23Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the Lord of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously. (Isa. 24:23)
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Isa. 60:19‑20• 19The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
 20Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the Lord shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended. (Isa. 60:19‑20)
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2 Cor. 3:10• 10For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth. (2 Cor. 3:10)
• Bildad selects the heavens at night rather than the sun by day for this noble comparison. “When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; what is man, that thou art mindful of him?” (Ps. 8:3, 4). While not so intense, the light of moon and stars is more brilliant by contrast with the surrounding darkness. (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Lo, even the moon is not bright; and the stars are not pure in his sight: