And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.
Parallel translations
- WEB You shall be secure, because there is hope. Yes, you shall search, and shall take your rest in safety.
- BSB You will be secure, because there is hope, and you will look around and lie down in safety.
- NKJV And you would be secure, because there is hope; Yes, you would dig around you, and take your rest in safety.
- NASB “Then you would trust, because there is hope; And you would look around and rest securely.
- NLT Having hope will give you courage. You will be protected and will rest in safety.
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Quick answer
Zophar promises Job would feel secure because there is hope, resting in safety. He ties confidence to renewed standing with God.
Overview
Zophar pledges that a restored Job would live in security and quiet rest, grounded in hope. The vision of hope-anchored safety is true to God's ways, though Zophar wrongly conditions it on Job's supposed repentance. Real and lasting security rests not on our deserving but on God's faithfulness, fully secured for believers in Christ (Psalm 4:8; Romans 5:1-2).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- Prov 3:24–26When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
- Ps 3:5I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.
- Ps 43:5Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
- Ps 4:8I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.
- Lev 26:5–6And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.
- Rom 5:3–5And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
- Prov 14:32The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
- Job 7:6My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.
- Job 22:27–29Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.
- Job 6:11What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?
- Col 1:27To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
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Christ at the center
Job's cry for a mediator who can lay his hand on both God and man, and his confidence that 'my Redeemer lives' and will stand on the earth, reaches forward to Jesus the living Redeemer.
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