The debate between Job and his friends is closing out at this moment. Some of the concluding observations Job has made with his friends concern the limitations of human wisdom. Human wisdom is too limited to understand anything that is taking place. Job doesn’t have God totally figured out relative to the balance of God’s power, justice, and goodness. These three factors are going to be essential in understanding Job’s dilemma as well as the upcoming dilemma.  

Human wisdom can’t figure everything out, so what can human wisdom do? The entire point is when you put God on trial you are trying to figure God out, but that presumes that you actually can. But if you can’t you don’t have any right to judge. So, God is right because man, in his wisdom, cannot completely figure out what God is doing and have the ability to prove Him wrong. Human reasoning cannot figure out the situation.   

Job 25:1  

Bildad argues from God’s Sovereignty, Eliphaz also argued from God’s sovereignty to prevent exceptionalism. Job couldn’t be an exception because God is Sovereign, He is so sovereign He shouldn’t care.  

Job 25:2  

Dominion refers to God’s ability to rule. All ability to govern in the natural realm, God has unlimited authority. This is a profound statement about God. God is the source of all authority and fear. The word fear here refers to a kind of trembling, actual raw terror, horror. All authorities and fears are derived off of what you would actually have if you met God. God is the one who has supernatural sovereign ability over all creation. Bildad will argue when looking at power, justice, and goodness in God, His power will always trump His justice and goodness.   

Job 25:3  

God has unlimited resources to accomplish whatever He desires. His light shines everywhere, He goes where the sun shines.   

Job 25:4  

This is the logical conclusion. What man is righteous with God? Bildad argues that God’s power will always win out and that Job will never be righteous before Him because God will always overpower him. The problem becomes, how do you really know just because God is powerful, He won’t be just? Bildad's argument would be that creation teaches us God’s transcendence. Therefore, God always wins, and no man could ever claim righteousness at all and could never come close.   

Job 25:5-6  

This explains the reason: because the moon is not bright, and the stars are not pure. Bildad’s argument is basically that creation shows imperfections. Man is a part of creation; therefore, man is also flawed. Bildad argues a creature versus creator distinction. The creature, because he is not the creator, is inherently flawed. The problem, biblically speaking, is that when God created it was good. Bildad’s idea of creation is inherently flawed. Bildad is thinking as a postmodern. Postmodern science is making an observation about the world and saying, “See I’m right because I’m right.”. Job’s point is it would have been better if Bildad and Eliphaz had stayed silent. They don’t know how things work because they are missing the key ingredient, divine revelation. That is the importance of making sure our minds operate the way that God actually does work by the gospel. Secondly, when you don’t know, don’t say anything because when you don’t know you have no hope of giving good advice. The whole point is there are things you just don’t know, and it is better to say “I don’t know” than trying to make something up. Remember Job’s previous warning against inaccurately portraying who God is. This shows the limitation of human wisdom and our need to rely on divine revelation.