hello everybody I have been meditating on job chapter 13 verse 15 king james says though He slay me yet will I trust Him. that is as clear a contradiction in terms as any. how or what do I make of it?
Man doesn't read the way, they did in 1611. Thats why you should have more then just one Bible.
Ludwig there is not a contradiction there. You need to study your
BIBLE. Only man is full of contradiction, thinking the Bible has any contradictions, God's Word is prefect. Also when you break apart a verse, of course it won't make sense. The whole verse is needed here.
You have to have
Faith, that is believing in what is true. Faith has two elements:
1) being convinced of the truth, being certain of reality, having evidence of unseen things.
2) believing, hoping in, embracing, seizing the truth. While faith requires being convinced that what we believe in is true, just knowing the truth is only half of faith. God's word must be hoped for, embraced, seized!!
Believing is not exactly the same as faith. For belief to be faith, it must light on what is certainly true. Yet Scripture gives examples of situations where belief alone is required, even commanded. There's no time for evidence collection, to wait, to hear, for certainty. Just believe. Like Peter walking on the water--don't think, act. God even requires us to believe in him when, temporarily, the evidence looks bad: to trust. God requires belief and trust in moments of human weakness, but faith is what makes us strong. Faith is the state of being convinced about what we hope for.
Abraham, is an Example of Faith............
Romans 4:18-21 For Abraham, human reason for] hope being gone, hoped in faith that he should become the father of many nations, as he had been promised, So [numberless] shall your descendants be.
19 He did not weaken in faith when he considered the [utter] impotence of his own body, which was as good as dead because he was about a hundred years old, or [when he considered] the barrenness of Sarah's [deadened] womb.
20 No unbelief or distrust made him waver (doubtingly question) concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong and was empowered by faith as he gave praise and glory to God,
21 Fully satisfied and assured that God was able and mighty to keep His word and to do what He had promised.
Romans 4:22-25 That is why his faith was credited to him as righteousness (right standing with God).
23 But [the words], It was credited to him, were written not for his sake alone,
24 But [they were written] for our sakes too. [Righteousness, standing acceptable to God] will be granted and credited to us also who believe in (trust in, adhere to, and rely on) God, Who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead,
25 Who was betrayed and put to death because of our misdeeds and was raised to secure our justification (our acquittal), [making our account balance and absolving us from all guilt before God].
Now, lets look at it the way it should be read.............
Job 13:14-15 I will take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand.
15 See, he may kill me; I have no hope; but I will defend my ways to his face.
16 This will be my salvation, that the godless shall not come before him.
The words in v. 14 seem to be a proverbial statement suggesting that he will now "stake all" or "gamble all" on what he is about to say. In this regard it is similar in thought to 7:11 but even more extremely said. What is the big "gamble" for Job now?
Verse 15 is one of the more controversial in the history of the interpretation of Job.
The King James version, beloved to many, has, "Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him." But that isn't the best translation, as all modern versions recognize. The NRSV has "See he will kill me; I have no hope; but I will defend my ways to his face." Note that the NRSV also has the traditional translation in a footnote, as if even the best translation is almost too controversial in the face of hundreds of years of sermons. But, there we have it. Clines translates, "He
may slay me; I am without hope. Yet I will defend my conduct to his face." What would be the difference in interpretation between the KJV and the modern versions? If we adopt the modern version as the best reading, what does the text say?
Maybe one of the greatest ironies of Job, the greatest reversals, was in his work with the translators!
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