Berean Standard Bible
Job 11:19
19You will lie down without fear, and many will court your favor.
Job 11:19 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.
- New International Version (NIV)You will lie down, with no one to make you afraid, and many will court your favor.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You will lie down, and none will make you afraid; many will court your favor.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You would also lie down, and no one would make you afraid; Yes, many would court your favor.
Context of Job 11:19
17Your life will be brighter than noonday; its darkness will be like the morning. 18You will be secure, because there is hope, and you will look around and lie down in safety. You will lie down without fear, and many will court your favor. 20But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; they will hope for their last breath.”
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וְֽ֭רָבַצְתָּ וְאֵ֣ין מַחֲרִ֑יד וְחִלּ֖וּ פָנֶ֣יךָ רַבִּֽים׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 11:19
- Job 42:8So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken accurately about Me, as My servant Job has.”
- Genesis 26:26Later, Abimelech came to Isaac from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his adviser and Phicol the commander of his army.
- Psalms 45:12The Daughter of Tyre will come with a gift; men of wealth will seek your favor.
- Proverbs 19:6Many seek the favor of the prince, and everyone is a friend of the gift giver.
- Isaiah 60:14The sons of your oppressors will come and bow down to you; all who reviled you will fall facedown at your feet and call you the City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
- Revelation 3:9As for those who belong to the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews but are liars instead, I will make them come and bow down at your feet, and they will know that I love you.
Commentaries on Job 11:19
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19Many shall make suit unto thee - Many shall come in a suppliant manner to ask counsel and advice. The meaning is, that he would be a man of distinction, to whom many would look for counsel. This was evidently an honor highly valued in the East, and one on which Job had formerly pridcd himself; see Job 29:7-13.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-20Verses 13-20 Zophar exhorts Job to repentance, and gives him encouragement, yet mixed with hard thoughts of him. He thought that worldly prosperity was always the lot of the righteous, and that Job was to be deemed a hypocrite unless his prosperity was restored. Then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; that is, thou mayst come boldly to the throne of grace, and not with the terror and amazement expressed in ch. 9:34. If we are looked upon in the…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1919. (Psa 4:8; Pr 3:24; Is 14:30); oriental images of prosperity. make suit--literally, "stroke thy face," "caress thee" (Pr 19:6).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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