EasyEnglish Bible 2018
Job 11:18
18You will be safe as you trust God. God will protect you. You will be able to rest safely.
Job 11:18 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.
- New International Version (NIV)You will be secure, because there is hope; you will look about you and take your rest in safety.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And you will feel secure, because there is hope; you will look around and take your rest in security.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And you would be secure, because there is hope; Yes, you would dig around you, and take your rest in safety.
Context of Job 11:18
16You will forget about your trouble. It will be like water that has disappeared. You will not remember it. 17You will have a happy life that is brighter than the sun at noon. Even if trouble makes it dark, it will still seem like a bright morning. You will be safe as you trust God. God will protect you. You will be able to rest safely. 19When you lie down to sleep, you will not be afraid of anyone. Many people will ask you to help them. 20But wicked people will not find any help. They cannot escape from their troubles. They can only hope to die.’
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וּֽ֭בָטַחְתָּ כִּי־יֵ֣שׁ תִּקְוָ֑ה וְ֝חָפַרְתָּ֗ לָבֶ֥טַח תִּשְׁכָּֽב׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 11:18
- Job 6:11I am not strong enough to hope for my life to become any better. There is no reason for me to continue my life.
- Job 7:6My life is passing very fast. Each day passes too quickly to see it! The days of my life will finish, and I cannot hope for anything to get better.
- Job 22:27You will pray to him, and he will answer you. You will do the things that you have promised to him.
- Psalms 43:5I ask myself, ‘Why am I so sad and upset?’ I must wait patiently for God to help me. Then I will praise my God once again, because he is the one who saves me.
- Proverbs 14:32When wicked people are in trouble, they cannot stand. But righteous people still trust God, even when they are in danger of death.
- Romans 5:3We are happy even when we have troubles and pain. That is because we know that those troubles help us to become patient and strong.
- Colossians 1:27God wanted them to understand how great this secret is. It shows that God will bless people who live in all countries of the world. This secret message is that Christ lives in you. And because of that, you know that you will live with God in heaven one day.
- Leviticus 26:5The people will harvest grain until the grapes are ready to eat. They will harvest the grapes until it is the time to plant seeds. They will have all the food to eat that they need. I will keep them safe in their land.
- Psalms 3:5I lie down and I sleep. Then I wake up, because the Lord takes care of me.
- Psalms 4:8I will lie down and I will sleep in peace. You, Lord, are the one who takes care of me, and you keep me safe.
- Proverbs 3:24When you lie down to sleep, you will not be afraid. You will sleep well with peace in your mind.
Commentaries on Job 11:18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18And thou shalt be secure - Thou shalt not fear any farther evils to disturb thy prosperity, for thou shalt have a well-grounded hope and confidence that thou shalt no more be visited by adversity. Yea, thou shalt dig - I believe this neither refers to digging his grave, nor to curiously investigating surrounding circumstances; but to the custom of digging for water in the places where they pitched their tents. It was a matter of high importance in Asiatic…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18And thou shalt be secure - You will feel confident that your prosperity will be permanent, and you will be free from the distressing anxieties and fears which you now have. Thou shalt dig about thee - The Chaldee renders this, “thou shalt prepare for thyself a sepulchre, and shalt lie down in safety.” The word used here (חפר châphar ) has two significations. It means, (1) “to dig” - as, e. g. a well, and under this signification to search out, to…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. 1818. The experience of thy life will teach thee there is hope for man in every trial. dig--namely, wells; the chief necessity in the East. Better, "though now ashamed (Ro 5:5, opposed to the previous 'hope'), thou shalt then rest safely" [Gesenius];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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