Job 11:18

And thou wilt feel trust, because there is hope: yea, thou wilt search about carefully, and thou wilt lie down in safety.

Leeser Tanakh

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 brighter than the noon of day will thy earthly existence arise; and thy obscurity will be like thy morning.

19Also thou wilt stretch thyself out [to rest], with none to make thee afraid; and many will entreat thy favor.

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Cross References

Job 6:11What is my strength, that I should wait? and what my end, that I should yet longer retain my patience?

Job 22:27Thou wilt make entreaty unto him, and he will hear thee, and thy vows wilt thou pay.

Psalms 4:8(4:9) In peace, altogether, will I lay me down and sleep; for thou, Lord, alone, causest me to dwell in safety.

Proverbs 3:24When thou layest thyself down, thou shalt feel no dread; and as thou liest down, thy sleep shall be pleasant.

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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