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Job 11:19
19When you lie down to sleep, you will not be afraid of anyone. Many people will ask you to help them.
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
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. 18You will be safe as you trust God. God will protect you. You will be able to rest safely. When 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.’
Read all of Job 11Job 11:19 word by word
וְֽ֭רָבַצְתָּ וְאֵ֣ין מַחֲרִ֑יד וְחִלּ֖וּ פָנֶ֣יךָ רַבִּֽים׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 11:19
- Job 42:8You three men must now go to Job. Take seven bulls and seven male sheep with you. Burn them as sacrifices for yourselves. After you have done that, my servant Job will pray for you. I will answer his prayer. Then I will not punish you as you deserve because of your foolish words. My servant Job has spoken the truth about me, but you have not.’
- Genesis 26:26During that time, Abimelech came from Gerar to visit Isaac. He came with Ahuzzath his officer and with Phicol the leader of his army.
- Psalms 45:12Rich people will come from Tyre to give gifts to you. They will want you to help them.
- Proverbs 19:6Many people want an important person to like them. Everyone wants to be the friend of someone who gives lots of gifts.
- Isaiah 60:14The descendants of your cruel enemies will come to you. They will bend down low in front of you. Everybody who insulted you before will now give you honour. They will call you, ‘The City of the Lord, Zion that is home for Israel's Holy God.’
- Revelation 3:9Some people there say that they are Jews. But that is not true. They are telling lies. Instead, they belong to a group of Satan's people. I will cause those people to bend down low in front of you to give you honour. Then they will understand 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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