My words are from an upright heart, and my lips speak sincerely what I know.
Parallel translations
- WEB My words shall utter the uprightness of my heart. That which my lips know they shall speak sincerely.
- KJV My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly.
- NKJV My words come from my upright heart; My lips utter pure knowledge.
- NASB “My words are from the integrity of my heart, And my lips speak knowledge sincerely.
- NLT I speak with all sincerity; I speak the truth.
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Quick answer
God promises a land flowing with milk and honey but says He will not go up among them, lest His holiness consume the stiff-necked people. The gift without the Giver is no comfort.
Overview
God's reluctance to dwell among a sinful people reveals the danger of His holy presence to sinners. The promise of abundance is overshadowed by the threatened withdrawal of God Himself. This dilemma, how a holy God can dwell among sinners, finds its answer in the atonement and ultimately in Christ, Immanuel, God with us.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- Job 27:4my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will not utter deceit.
- 1 Th 2:3–4For our appeal does not arise from deceit or ulterior motives or trickery.
- Prov 20:15There is an abundance of gold and rubies, but lips of knowledge are a rare treasure.
- Job 6:28But now, please look at me. Would I lie to your face?
- Prov 15:2The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of the fool spouts folly.
- Prov 15:7The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but not so the hearts of fools.
- Prov 8:7–8For my mouth will speak the truth, and wickedness is detestable to my lips.
- Ps 37:30–31The mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.
- Job 38:2“Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge?
- Job 36:3–4I get my knowledge from afar, and I will ascribe justice to my Maker.
- Job 15:2“Does a wise man answer with empty counsel or fill his belly with the hot east wind?
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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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