And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children which God hath given me.
Parallel translations
- WEB Again, “I will put my trust in him.” Again, “Behold, here I am with the children whom God has given me.”
- BSB And again: “I will put My trust in Him.” And once again: “Here am I, and the children God has given Me.”
- NKJV And again: “I will put My trust in Him.” And again: “Here am I and the children whom God has given Me.”
- NASB And again, “I will put My trust in Him.” And again, “Behold, I and the children whom God has given Me.”
- NLT He also said, “I will put my trust in him,” that is, “I and the children God has given me.”
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Christ is shown trusting God and standing with the children God has given Him. He shares the human posture of faith and gathers God's people as His own.
Overview
Drawing on Isaiah 8:17-18, the author presents Jesus expressing trust in God and identifying believers as 'the children whom God has given me.' These words underscore both Christ's genuine human dependence and His representative role. Believers are presented as a gift from the Father to the Son, a theme echoed elsewhere in Scripture.
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- Isa 8:17–18And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
- Isa 12:2Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
- Ps 91:2I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
- John 10:29My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.
- Gen 48:9And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.
- 1 Cor 4:15For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.
- Ps 18:2The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
- Gen 33:5And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant.
- Ps 36:7–8How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.
- 2 Sam 22:3The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.
- John 17:6–12I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.
- Ps 127:3Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
- Ps 16:1Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.
- Isa 53:10Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.
- Isa 50:7–9For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.
- Matt 27:43He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.
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