He will even deliver one who is not innocent; Yes, he will be delivered by the purity of your hands.”
Parallel translations
- WEB He will even deliver him who is not innocent. Yes, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of your hands.”
- KJV He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.
- BSB He will deliver even one who is not innocent, rescuing him through the cleanness of your hands.”
- NASB “He will rescue one who is not innocent, And he will be rescued due to the cleanness of your hands.”
- NLT Even sinners will be rescued; they will be rescued because your hands are pure.”
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Quick answer
Eliphaz ends by saying God will deliver even the guilty through the cleanness of Job's hands. He grants intercessory power to the righteous man.
Overview
Eliphaz concludes that a restored Job could, by his purity, deliver others, even the guilty. Remarkably, this foreshadows the book's ending, where Job does intercede for his three friends and God accepts his prayer (Job 42:8-9). It also points beyond itself to Christ, the truly righteous One whose cleanness delivers the guilty (1 John 2:1-2). Eliphaz speaks better than he knows.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 13
- Job 42:7–8It was so, that after Yahweh had spoken these words to Job, Yahweh said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you, and against your two friends; for you have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job has.
- Jas 5:15–16and the prayer of faith will heal him who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. If he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
- Gen 18:26–32Yahweh said, “If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare the whole place for their sake.”
- Ps 18:20Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness. According to the cleanness of my hands has he recompensed me.
- Acts 27:24saying, ‘Don’t be afraid, Paul. You must stand before Caesar. Behold, God has granted you all those who sail with you.’
- Matt 17:19–20Then the disciples came to Jesus privately, and said, “Why weren’t we able to cast it out?”
- Mal 1:9“Now, please entreat the favor of God, that he may be gracious to us. With this, will he accept any of you?” says Yahweh of Armies.
- Ps 24:4He who has clean hands and a pure heart; who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood, and has not sworn deceitfully.
- Acts 19:15–16The evil spirit answered, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who are you?”
- Isa 58:12Those who shall be of you shall build the old waste places; you shall raise up the foundations of many generations; and you shall be called Repairer of the Breach, Restorer of Paths with Dwellings.
- Jer 5:1“Run back and forth through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in its wide places, if you can find a man, if there are any who does justly, who seeks truth; and I will pardon her.
- Isa 1:15When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you. Yes, when you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.
- 1 Tim 2:8I desire therefore that the men in every place pray, lifting up holy hands without anger and doubting.
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