New Living Translation
Job 11:19
19You will lie down unafraid, and many will look to you for help.
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 the noonday. Even darkness will be as bright as morning. 18Having hope will give you courage. You will be protected and will rest in safety. You will lie down unafraid, and many will look to you for help. 20But the wicked will be blinded. They will have no escape. Their only hope is death.”
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וְֽ֭רָבַצְתָּ וְאֵ֣ין מַחֲרִ֑יד וְחִלּ֖וּ פָנֶ֣יךָ רַבִּֽים׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 11:19
- Job 42:8So take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer on your behalf. I will not treat you as you deserve, for you have not spoken accurately about me, as my servant Job has.”
- Genesis 26:26One day King Abimelech came from Gerar with his adviser, Ahuzzath, and also Phicol, his army commander.
- Psalms 45:12The princess of Tyre will shower you with gifts. The wealthy will beg your favor.
- Proverbs 19:6Many seek favors from a ruler; everyone is the friend of a person who gives gifts!
- Isaiah 60:14The descendants of your tormentors will come and bow before you. Those who despised you will kiss your feet. They will call you the City of the Lord, and Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
- Revelation 3:9Look, I will force those who belong to Satan’s synagogue—those liars who say they are Jews but are not—to come and bow down at your feet. They will acknowledge that you are the ones I love.
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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