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 Hosea 9:7. Micah 7:3.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 th...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(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...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 h...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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² Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high places.

Related Commentaries of Job 25:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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