“Then you would trust, because there is hope; And you would look around and rest securely.
Parallel translations
- WEB You shall be secure, because there is hope. Yes, you shall search, and shall take your rest in safety.
- KJV And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy 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.
- 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 you lie down, you will not be afraid. Yes, you will lie down, and your sleep will be sweet.
- Ps 3:5I laid myself down and slept. I awakened; for Yahweh sustains me.
- Ps 43:5Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him: my Savior, my helper, and my God.
- Ps 4:8In peace I will both lay myself down and sleep, for you, Yahweh alone, make me live in safety.
- Lev 26:5–6Your threshing shall reach to the vintage, and the vintage shall reach to the sowing time. You shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.
- Rom 5:3–5Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces perseverance;
- Prov 14:32The wicked is brought down in his calamity, but in death, the righteous has a refuge.
- Job 7:6My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.
- Job 22:27–29You shall make your prayer to him, and he will hear you. You shall pay your vows.
- Job 6:11What is my strength, that I should wait? What is my end, that I should be patient?
- Col 1:27to whom God was pleased to make known what are 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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