New King James Version
Job 11:18
18And you would be secure, because there is hope; Yes, you would dig around you, and take your rest in safety.
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 Living Translation (NLT)Having hope will give you courage. You will be protected and will rest in safety.
Context of Job 11:18
16Because you would forget your misery, And remember it as waters that have passed away, 17And your life would be brighter than noonday. Though you were dark, you would be like the morning. And you would be secure, because there is hope; Yes, you would dig around you, and take your rest in safety. 19You would also lie down, and no one would make you afraid; Yes, many would court your favor. 20But the eyes of the wicked will fail, And they shall not escape, And their hope—loss of life!”
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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 6:11“What strength do I have, that I should hope? And what is my end, that I should prolong my life?
- Job 7:6“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, And are spent without hope.
- Job 22:27You will make your prayer to Him, He will hear you, And you will pay your vows.
- Psalms 43:5Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; For I shall yet praise Him, The help of my countenance and my God.
- Proverbs 14:32The wicked is banished in his wickedness, But the righteous has a refuge in his death.
- Romans 5:3And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance;
- Colossians 1:27To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
- Leviticus 26:5Your threshing shall last till the time of vintage, and the vintage shall last till the time of sowing; you shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.
- Psalms 3:5I lay down and slept; I awoke, for the Lord sustained me.
- Psalms 4:8I will both lie down in peace, and sleep; For You alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.
- Proverbs 3:24When you lie down, you will not be afraid; Yes, you will lie down and your sleep will be sweet.
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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