And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig [about thee, and] thou shalt take thy rest in safety.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Tu seras plein de confiance, et ton attente ne sera plus vaine; Tu regarderas autour de toi, et tu reposeras en sûreté.
KJV
And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig [about thee, and] thou shalt take thy rest in safety.
Origen
Fragmenta In Evangelium Joannis (In Catenis)
θῆναι τὸν ἐπικείμενον . . Expl. ἦραν τὸν λίθον. Cat. Nicetae (BC); s. ο. Ζ. XXVIII, 3 S. 391, 13. Zu Job. 11, 18. Βηθανία ἑρμηνεύεται x003E;Οἶκος ὑπακοῆς<, Ἱερουσαλὴμ . γειτνιᾷ τοίνυν ἐν μέσῳ σταδίων ιε΄, ὅσοι καὶ τοῦ ναοῦ ἀναβαθμοί. διαιρεῖται δὲ ὁ ιε΄ ἀριθμὸς εἰς τὸν ζ΄ τοῦ σαβ…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
belongs to faith to believe something and in somebody. But confidence belongs to hope, according to Job 11:18, "Thou shalt have confidence, hope being set before thee." Wherefore confidence apparently denotes chiefly that a man derives hope through believing the word of one who p…
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