He also shall be my salvation, For a hypocrite could not come 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.
- BSB Moreover, this will be my salvation, for no godless man can appear 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 12:1–2In that day you will say, “I will give thanks to you, Yahweh; for though you were angry with me, your anger has turned away and you comfort me.
- Isa 33:14The sinners in Zion are afraid. Trembling has seized the godless ones. Who among us can live with the devouring fire? Who among us can live with everlasting burning?
- Ps 118:21I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me, and 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 so has the Lord commanded us, saying, ‘I have set you as a light for the Gentiles, that you should bring salvation to the uttermost parts of the earth.’”
- Job 36:13“But those who are godless in heart lay up anger. They don’t cry for help when he binds them.
- Ps 118:14Yah is my strength and song. He has become my salvation.
- Jer 3:23Truly in vain is help from the hills, the tumult on the mountains. Truly the salvation of Israel is in Yahweh our God.
- Ps 62:6–7He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress. I will not be shaken.
- Ps 27:1By David. Yahweh is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?
- Job 8:13So are the paths of all who forget God. The hope of the godless man shall perish,
- Exod 15:2Yah is my strength and song. He has become my salvation. This is my God, and I will praise him; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
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