Job 11:18

And thou shall be secure, because there is hope. Yea, thou shall search [about thee], and shall take thy rest in safety.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.

In Context

17And [thy] life shall be clearer than the noonday. Though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning.

19Also thou shall lie down, and none shall make thee afraid. Yea, many shall correspond with thee.

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Cross References

Job 6:11What is my strength that I should wait? And what is my end that I should be patient?

Job 22:27Thou shall make thy prayer to him, and he will hear thee, and thou shall pay thy vows.

Psalms 4:8In peace I will both lay down and sleep, for thou, LORD, alone make me dwell in safety.

Proverbs 3:24When thou lay down, thou shall not be afraid. Yea, thou shall lay down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

Romans 5:3And not only so, but we also take pride in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance,

Matthew Henry on Job 11:14-20

13 If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him; 14 If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles. 15 For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear: 16 Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away: 17 And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning. 18 And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea,… Read the whole commentary →

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