Surely then you will lift up your face without spot; Yes, you will be steadfast, and will not fear:
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Surely then you will lift up your face without spot; Yes, you will be steadfast, and will not fear:
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For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:
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Surely then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear;
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Passages linked to Job 11:15 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Job 22:26 For then you will delight yourself in the Almighty, and will lift up your face to God.
- 1 John 2:28 Now, little children, remain in him, that when he appears, we may have boldness, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
- 1 John 3:19-22 And by this we know that we are of the truth, and persuade our hearts before him, because if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things. Beloved, if our hearts don’t condemn us, we have boldness toward God; so whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.
- 1 Timothy 2:8 I desire therefore that the men in every place pray, lifting up holy hands without anger and doubting.
- Genesis 4:5-6 but he didn’t respect Cain and his offering. Cain was very angry, and the expression on his face fell. Yahweh said to Cain, “Why are you angry? Why has the expression of your face fallen?
- Job 10:15 If I am wicked, woe to me. If I am righteous, I still will not lift up my head, being filled with disgrace, and conscious of my affliction.
- Psalms 27:1 Yahweh is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?
- Psalms 46:1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
- Psalms 112:6-8 For he will never be shaken. The righteous will be remembered forever. He will not be afraid of evil news. His heart is steadfast, trusting in Yahweh. His heart is established. He will not be afraid in the end when he sees his adversaries.
- Psalms 119:6-7 Then I wouldn’t be disappointed, when I consider all of your commandments. I will give thanks to you with uprightness of heart, when I learn your righteous judgments.
- Proverbs 14:26 In the fear of Yahweh is a secure fortress, and he will be a refuge for his children.
- Proverbs 28:1 The wicked flee when no one pursues; but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
- 2 Corinthians 1:12 For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain He declareth what quietness of conscience and success in…
He declareth what quietness of conscience and success in all things such shall have, which turn to God by true repentance.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Job 11:15 For then shalt thou lift up thy…
Job 11:15 For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:
Ver. 15. For then shall thou lift up thy face without spot, &c.] Repentance must be performed in faith, or else it will prove to be poenitentia Iscariotica, a Judas like repentance. Lord (said that dying saint), cast me down as low as hell in repentance, and lift me up by faith into the highest heavens in confidence of thy salvation. Zophar, that he may move Job kindly and rightly to repent, promiseth him thereupon malorum ademptionem, bonorum adeptionem, freedom from evil and fruition of good. And, first, "Thou shalt lift up thy face without spot," i.e. Thou shalt be full of comfort and of confidence, not casting down thy countenance, as guilty Cain, but looking up boldly and cheerfully, as St Stephen did, Act 7:55-56, they saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.
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Ibat ovans animis et spe sua damna levabat.
Yea, thou shall be stedfast] Or durable and compact as a molten pillar. Thy heart shall be established with grace, thy mind with peace, thine outward estate with a lasting felicity.
And shalt not fear] sc. The loss of those enjoyments. To be freed from the fear of evil is better than to be freed from evil; and a great part of the saints’ portion both on earth and in heaven lies in their deliverance from fear, Luk 1:74 Psa 112:7 Zep 3:13 Isa 17:2. Repent, and thou shall fear no more a revolution of any thy troubles.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Then shalt thou lift up thy face; which notes…
Then shalt thou lift up thy face; which notes cheerfulness, and holy boldness and confidence; as a dejected countenance notes grief and shame. See Gen 4:5,6; 2Sa 2:22; Job 22:26; Luk 21:28.
Without spot; or, being without spot; so it is only an ellipsis of the verb substantive, which is most frequent. And this fitly follows as the ground of his confidence, because he should in this case have a clear and unspotted conscience, and a sense of his own innocency. Or, without blemish, as the word properly signifies, i.e. without any sense of guilt, or any shame consequent upon it, either from God or men. The ground of the expression is this, that when men’s faces are spotted with dirt, they are ashamed to show them. And Job was charged by his friends as having many spots upon him, yea, such as were not the spots of God’s children.
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Stedfast; or, firm, or fixed; either,
1. As to his outward condition, which should be constantly prosperous. Or rather,
2. As to his mind, which should have strong and comfortable assurance of God’s favour, and of his own safety and happiness. For this steadfastness is opposed unto that fear which is incident to wicked men; who, even when they are free from actual miseries, yet ofttimes are tormented with the dread of them.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain For then shall thou lift up thy face without…
For then shall thou lift up thy face without spot,.... Either before men, being in all good conscience, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord, blameless, exercising a conscience void of offence towards God and men; and so be able to say as Samuel did, "whose ass have I taken?" &c. Sa1 12:3; or rather before God, as in Job 21:26; using an holy boldness and an humble confidence with him at the throne of grace, in the view of the blood, righteousness, and sacrifice of his living Redeemer he had knowledge of, as every true believer may; who, though he is not without spot in himself, yet, being washed in the blood of Christ, and clothed in his righteousness, he is all fair, and without spot or wrinkle, or any such thing; and may stand before the throne without fault, and appear before God, and in his sight, unblamable and irreprovable:
yea, thou shalt be steadfast: firm and solid, rooted and grounded in the love of God; having a firm persuasion of interest in it, and that nothing shall separate from it; being built on the foundation of Christ, and established in the exercise of faith on him; the affections being steady towards him, and fixedly set on divine and heavenly things; continuing steadfast in the doctrines of grace, and not carried about with strange doctrines, or every wind of doctrine; as well as constant and immovable in the work of the Lord, always employed in his service, and doing his will, from which nothing can move; not reproach, affliction, and persecution; and to be thus steady and fixed is a great privilege:
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and shalt not fear; evil tidings of evil times; of wars and rumours of wars, famine, pestilence, earthquakes, and other judgments; of changes and revolutions in kingdoms and states, or of what is coming upon the world, according to promise and prophecy, the heart being fixed and well established, trusting in the Lord; nor be afraid of evil men or devils, or any enemies whatever, nor of death, the king of terrors, that being one of the believer's blessings, and a friend of his; nor of hell and damnation, or the second death, or wrath to come; from all which the saints are secure.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Lift up - Which denotes chearfulness, and holy boldness.…
Lift up - Which denotes chearfulness, and holy boldness. Without spot - Having a clear and unspotted conscience. Steadfast - Shall have a strong and comfortable assurance of God's favour.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Job 11:15. For then shalt thou lift up thy…
Job 11:15. For then shalt thou lift up thy face — With cheerfulness and holy boldness. Without spot — Having a clear and unspotted conscience. Yea, thou shalt be steadfast — Shalt have a strong and comfortable assurance of God’s favour, and shalt be settled, without any fear of losing thy happiness.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain For then shalt thou lift up thy face without…
For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot - That is, thy face shall be bright, clear, and cheerful. Thus, we speak of a bright and happy countenance. Zophar undoubtedly designs to show what his appearance would be, contrasted with what it then was. Now his countenance was dejected and sad. It was disfigured by tears, and terror, and long continued anguish. But if he would put away iniquity, and return to God, his face would be cheerful again, and he would be a happy man.
Yea, thou shalt be steadfast, and shalt not fear - The word rendered “steadfast” (מצק mutsaq) is from יצק yâtsaq, to pour, to pour out, and is applied to liquids, or to metals which are fused and poured into a mould, and which then become hard. Hence, it is used in the sense of firm, solid, intrepid. “Gesenius.” Schultens supposes that the reference here is to metallic mirrors, made by casting, and then polished, and that the idea is, that his face would shine like such a mirror. But it may be doubted whether this interpretation is not too refined. The other and more common explanation well suits the sense, and should probably be retained.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Without. Septuagint, "as clean water, thou shalt pass away…
Without. Septuagint, "as clean water, thou shalt pass away corruption, and shalt not fear."
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain Zophar refers to Job's own words (Job 10:15), "yet…
Zophar refers to Job's own words (Job 10:15), "yet will I not lift up my head," even though righteous. Zophar declares, if Job will follow his advice, he may "lift up his face."
spot-- (Deu 32:5).
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steadfast--literally, "run fast together," like metals which become firm and hard by fusion. The sinner on the contrary is wavering.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 15. Lift up thy face — He refers to…
15. Lift up thy face — He refers to Job’s remark, (Job_10:15,) “I will not lift up my head.”
Without spot — ממום. The Septuagint gives the sentence: “For thus shall thy countenance shine again as pure water.” In the Arabic the word is applied to fever spots and marks of cutaneous disease. There is, apparently, a cruel allusion to the effects of Job’s disease upon his countenance.
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Steadfast — The word in the original is used of metal that has been melted and consolidated.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 15. for then shalt thou] Or, surely then shalt…
15. for then shalt thou] Or, surely then shalt thou, ch. Job_8:6.
lift up thy face without spot] The word lift up is selected to meet Job’s complaint that he must not lift up his head, ch. Job_10:15; and the words “without spot” meet his words “filled with shame.” Then he shall lift up his face in conscious innocence and disfigured with no signs of God’s anger on account of his guilt.
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be steadfast, and shalt not fear] Said in reference to Job’s fluctuating feelings and condition as he describes them, ch. Job_9:27-28.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain For then; rather, surely then (see the Revised Version).…
For then; rather, surely then (see the Revised Version). Shalt thou lift up thy face without spot. At present, Zophar implies, he could not do so. The stain of many sins was on him (vers. 6, 11, 14). Yea, thou shalt be steadfast; literally, molten perhaps "pure as refined metal", (see Isa_1:25) perhaps "bright as a metallic mass." And shalt not fear. "Shalt be freed," i.e. ," from all the fears that disturb thee now". (see Job_3:26 Job_6:4 Job_7:14 Job_9:28, etc.)
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 lift up your face without a sign of shame
lift up your face without a sign of shame
"Lifting up your face" represents the attitude of a person who is confident and brave. (See: Metonymy and Idiom)
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you would remember it only like waters that have flowed away
Zophar is comparing misery with water that flows downstream and it is gone. AT: "You would remember it, but the misery will be gone, like waters that have flowed away" (See: Simile)
Your life would ... like the morning.
Zophar repeats the same idea for emphasis. (See: Parallelism)
Your life would be brighter than the noonday
Brightness represents being prosperous and happy. AT: "Your life would be prosperous and happy like the noonday" (See: Metaphor)
though there were darkness
Darkness represents troubles and sadness. AT: "Though there were dark troubles and sadness" (See: Hypothetical Situations)
it would become like the morning
The morning represents light, which represents prosperity and happiness. AT: "it would be prosperous and happy like the morning" (See: Metaphor)
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