Moreover, this will be my salvation, for no godless man can appear before Him.
Parallel translations
- WEB This also shall be my salvation, that a godless man shall not come before him.
- KJV He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.
- NKJV He also shall be my salvation, For a hypocrite could not come before Him.
- NASB “This also will be my salvation, For a godless person cannot come before His presence.
- NLT But this is what will save me—I am not godless. If I were, I could not stand before him.
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Quick answer
Job sees his willingness to face God as proof of his integrity. A godless man would never dare approach God.
Overview
Job says his very boldness 'shall be my salvation,' for 'a godless man shall not come before him.' His readiness to plead his case before God testifies that he is not the hypocrite his friends suppose. The hardened and impenitent flee God's presence; Job's desire to draw near reveals genuine, though tested, faith.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 12
- Isa 12:1–2In that day you will say: “O LORD, I will praise You. Although You were angry with me, Your anger has turned away, and You have comforted me.
- Isa 33:14The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling grips the ungodly: “Who of us can dwell with a consuming fire? Who of us can dwell with everlasting flames?”
- Ps 118:21I will give You thanks, for You have answered me, and You have become my salvation.
- Job 27:8–10For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
- Acts 13:47For this is what the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”
- Job 36:13The godless in heart harbor resentment; even when He binds them, they do not cry for help.
- Ps 118:14The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation.
- Jer 3:23Surely deception comes from the hills, and commotion from the mountains. Surely the salvation of Israel is in the LORD our God.
- Ps 62:6–7He alone is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress; I will not be shaken.
- Ps 27:1Of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life—whom shall I dread?
- Job 8:13Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so the hope of the godless will perish.
- Exod 15:2The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise Him, my father’s God, and I will exalt Him.
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