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  • Esmari Potgieter

2025-02-04
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  1. Job 25:3 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

Commentary on Job 25:3 (Summary)

Job 25:3 (ESV)

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

God’s angels (his armies) number ten thousand times ten thousand (Daniel 7:10). God sees everything. Who is Job, to try and challenge him?

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