Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 25:2
Dominion and fear [are] with him, he maketh peace in his high places.
2. dominion and fear ] To God belongs rule, and His majesty inspires terror; He is the Omnipotent ruler over all.
his high places ] i. e. the heavens where He dwells. There He “maketh peace” through the dominion and fear belonging to Him. The idea of “making peace in his high places” is suggested first perhaps by the atmospheric phenomenon, the stilling of the warring elements in the tempest on high. When God intervenes the storm becomes a calm. But probably the idea was extended, and the words may include a reference to traditional discords among the heavenly hosts, comp. ch. Job 21:22, Job 40:10 seq.; Isa 24:21; Rev 12:7.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Dominion and fear are with him – That is, God has a right to rule, and he ought to 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.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 2. Dominion and fear are with him] God is an absolute sovereign; his fear is on all the hosts of heaven; and by his sovereignty he establishes and preserves order in the heavens, and among all the inhabitants of the eternal world: how canst thou, therefore, dare to appeal to him, or desire to appear before him?
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Dominion, i.e. absolute and sovereign power over all persons and things, with whom to contend is both rebellion and madness.
Fear, actively understood, or terror, i.e. that which justly makes him dreadful to all men, and especially to all that shall undertake to dispute with him; awful majesty, infinite knowledge, whereby he knows mens hearts and ways far better than they know themselves, and sees much sin in them which themselves do not discover, and exact purity and justice, which renders him formidable to sinners.
Are with him; emphatically spoken; with him whom thou challengest; with him who is not lightly and irreverently to be named, much less to be contended with. And therefore it is thy duty to humble thyself for thy presumptuous words and carriages towards him, and quietly and modestly to submit thyself and thy cause to his pleasure.
He maketh peace in his high places. This clause, as well as the following verse, seems to be added to prove what he last said of Gods dominion and dreadfulness; he keepeth and ruleth all persons and things in heaven in peace and harmony; and the order which he hath established among them. The angels, though they be very numerous, and differing in orders and ministries, do all own his sovereignty, and acquiesce in his pleasure, without any disputing and murmuring. The stars and heavenly bodies, though vast in their bulk, and various in their motions, yet exactly keep their courses and the order which God hath appointed them; and therefore it is great folly and impudence to exempt thyself from Gods jurisdiction, or to quarrel with the methods of Gods dealings with thee.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
2. Power and terror, that is,terror-inspiring power.
peace in his highplacesimplying that His power is such on high as to quell allopposition, not merely there, but on earth also. The Holy Ghost hereshadowed forth Gospel truths (Col 1:20;Eph 1:10).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Dominion and fear [are] with him,…. Not with man, as Sephorno interprets it, as that with him is power to rule over the imagination (the evil figment of his heart) to choose the good, and refuse the evil; and with him is fear of punishment, and also the fear of God to restrain him from evil; but with God, as may easily be perceived from the whole context, though his name is not expressed in this clause, and not till Job 25:4; this dominion he is possessed of is universal; his kingdom rules over all, over all the angels, good and bad; over all men, over all the nations of the world, and the great men in it, the kings and princes of it; and over all, of every age, sex, and condition; and it is absolute and uncontrollable; he governs according to his will, and is not to be controlled in his ways; nor is he accountable to any for what he does, and his kingdom is an everlasting one, and his dominion for ever and ever: and by the fear that is with him is not meant actively, with which he fears; for he is afraid of none, be they ever so great and mighty, Job 22:4; but passively, with which he is feared; for holy and reverend is his name, and so his nature, and all that belong to him; he is feared by the angels in heaven, who cover their faces before him, and cast their crowns at his feet; and by the saints on earth, in whose assemblies he is served with reverence and godly fear; and should be stood in awe of by all the inhabitants of the world, because of the glory of his nature, the greatness of his works, and the goodness of his providence:
he maketh peace in his high places; in the high places of his earth, and among the great men of it, creating and commanding peace, and causing war among them to cease, whenever it is his pleasure; and in the regions of the air, where, though there are often thunder and lightning, storms and tempests of wind, hail, and rain, yet, when he says, Peace, be still, all is serene and quiet; and in the orbs of the heaven, the sun, moon, and stars, which know their appointed times and seasons, and keep their place or course, and do their work and office in the most easy and cheerful manner; and among the angels in the highest heaven, which are properly his high places, who, though their numbers are so great, and they themselves thrones, dominions, principalities, and powers, and have various offices and different work assigned them, readily do his will, and are in the utmost harmony and concord among themselves, show no reluctance to him, nor any discord to each other: now Bildad would have Job consider whether he could think himself so significant, that cognizance would be taken of him and his cause by so great, glorious, and majestic a thing; or that he would suffer his high places, where peace reigned, to be disturbed by his noise and brawl.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(2) Dominion and fear are with him.He is absolute in sovereignty and terrible in power, so that even in His high places, and among His celestial hosts, He maintaineth peace and harmony.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Double strophe THE INFINITE EXALTATION OF GOD RAISES HIM ABOVE ARRAIGNMENT BY SUCH A CREATURE AS MAN, Job 25:2-6.
a. In any conceivable comparison of man with God (El) the inconceivable advantage must ever be with the All-powerful, Job 25:2-4.
2. Peace in his high places One of the varied glimpses into the angel world that this book affords. It signifies either the order, tranquillity, and bliss, which his love has established among the heavenly hosts, as unfailing results of universal obedience to his law, or else the peace which followed the subjugation and banishment of angels that sinned; a Scripture truth, traces of which are found in the mythologies of most nations. The allusion to armies in the next verse countenances the latter view. Compare Job 4:18; Job 15:15.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Job 25:2. Dominion and fear are with him Dominion and terror are his attendants, while he distributeth perfect justice from the height of his exaltation. Heath. See Hos 9:7. Mic 7:3.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Job 25:2 Dominion and fear [are] with him, he maketh peace in his high places.
Ver. 2. Dominion and fear are with him ] God is therefore to be feared, because Lord over all. If an earthly king be so dread a sovereign, if an apparition of angels hath so amazed the best men, who would net fear that King of nations, since to him doth it appertain? Jer 10:7 . “God is greatly to be feared in the assemblies of his saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are round about him,” Psa 89:7 . Power and terror are with him, so the Vulgate hath it here. He that is able to destroy both body and soul in hell, is surely to be feared; yea, therefore to be feared, Mat 10:28 . If servants should fear their masters because they have power over the flesh, Col 3:23 , what should we do, since he can sooner undo us than bid it be done?
He maketh peace in his high places
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Dominion: Job 9:2-10, Job 26:5-14, Job 40:9-14, 1Ch 29:11, 1Ch 29:12, Psa 99:1-3, Jer 10:6, Jer 10:7, Dan 4:34-37, Mat 6:13, Mat 28:18, Eph 1:20, Eph 1:21, Jud 1:25, Rev 6:16
he maketh: Isa 57:15, Isa 57:19, Mat 5:9, 2Co 5:18-21, Eph 2:16, Eph 2:17, Col 1:20
Reciprocal: Job 16:19 – on high Job 32:3 – because
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
PEACE ON EARTH A GIFT FROM HEAVEN
He maketh peace in His high places.
Job 25:2
A great truth lies deep in these words, that peace is a creation; and all creation is an attribute of God. He maketh peace in His high places.
The most beautiful word that ever hung upon the mouth of man is peace, because it is sweetness to his fellow-men, and it makes sacrifice to God. Many summers and many winters of life go to ripen that fruit. And of that beautiful fruit of the lips hear what God says, I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace, to him that is far off and to him that is near, saith the Lord; I will heal him.
I. The words are meant to teach us that up in His high places God is ever devising and carrying on processes which are to produce peace for men in this lower state.In mystery, in solitude, and in largeness, before the foundations of the earth were laid, God began to make peace in His high places. He willed that great scheme whereby Christ should come in the fullness of time to make redemption for a yet unformed and yet uncreated world. The ruin of Eden was prepared for in the high places of the Eternal Mind; and at once, at the moment of the Fall, the promise came that peace should be restored on earth.
II. The far end of Christs work was to give peace on earth.When He ascended from His Cross and grave to more than His former greatness, and when from His eternal throne He began to offer up His mediatorial intercession and pour down upon His Church the Holy Spirit, then was the fabric of mans peace complete, those words established to the very letter, He maketh peace in His high places.
Rev. James Vaughan.
Fuente: Church Pulpit Commentary
Job 25:2. Dominion and fear are with him Absolute and sovereign power over all persons and things, so that it is both rebellion and madness to contend with him; and terror, which justly makes him dreadful to all men, and especially to all that undertake to dispute with him. In other words, awful majesty and infinite knowledge are his, whereby he is much better acquainted with mens hearts and ways than they are themselves, and sees much sin in them, which themselves do not discover; and to him belong also exact purity and justice, which render him formidable to sinners. These are with him whom thou challengest; with him who is not lightly and irreverently to be named, much less to be contended with; and therefore it is thy duty to humble thyself before him, and quietly and modestly to submit thyself and thy cause to his pleasure. He maketh peace in his high places This clause, as well as the following verse, seems to be added, to prove Gods dominion and dreadfulness; he keepeth and ruleth all persons and things in heaven, in peace and harmony. The angels, though they be very numerous, all own his sovereignty, and acquiesce in his pleasure. The stars, though vast in their bulk, and various in their motions, exactly keep the order which God hath appointed them: and therefore it is great folly for thee to quarrel with the methods of Gods dealings with thee.
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
25:2 {a} Dominion and fear [are] with him, he maketh peace in his high places.
(a) His purpose is to prove that although God may try and afflict the just, yet soon after he sends prosperity, and because he did not do so to Job he concludes that he is wicked.