He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.
Parallel translations
- WEB This also shall be my salvation, that a godless man shall not come before him.
- BSB Moreover, this will be my salvation, for no godless man can appear 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
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- Isa 12:1–2And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.
- Isa 33:14The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?
- Ps 118:21I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation.
- Job 27:8–10For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
- Acts 13:47For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.
- Job 36:13But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.
- Ps 118:14The LORD is my strength and song, and is become my salvation.
- Jer 3:23Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel.
- Ps 62:6–7He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved.
- Ps 27:1The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
- Job 8:13So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish:
- Exod 15:2The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
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