Job 11:19

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

17And life shall arise brighter than noonday; though thou be enshrouded in darkness, thou shalt be as the morning, 18And thou shalt have confidence, because there shall be hope; and having searched about [thee], thou shalt take rest in safety. Yea, thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; and many shall seek thy favour. 20But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and [all] refuge shall vanish from them, and their hope [shall be] the breathing out of life.

Job 11:19 word by word

וְֽ֭רָבַצְתָּ וְאֵ֣ין מַחֲרִ֑יד וְחִלּ֖וּ פָנֶ֣יךָ רַבִּֽים׃Read the interlinear

• lieרָבַץrâbats · to stretchH7257
• manyרַבrab · manyH7227

Cross-references for Job 11:19

• Job 42:8And now, take for yourselves seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt-offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you, for him will I accept: lest I deal with you [after your] folly, for ye have not spoken of me rightly, like my servant Job.
• Genesis 26:26And Abimelech, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phichol the captain of his host, went to him from Gerar.
• Psalms 45:12And the daughter of Tyre with a gift, the rich ones among the people, shall court thy favour.
• Proverbs 19:6Many court the favour of a noble; and every one is friend to a man that giveth.
• Isaiah 60:14And the children of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee The city of Jehovah, the Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
• Revelation 3:9Behold, I make them of the synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews, and are not, but lie; behold, I will cause that they shall come and shall do homage before thy feet, and shall know that I have loved thee.

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

Topics related to Job 11:19

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Righteous

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• Confess
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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