Job 11 · Verse 19

Job 11:19

Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.
Job 11:19, King James Version

Job 11:19 in other translations

BSBYou will lie down without fear, and many will court your favor.
WEBAlso you will lie down, and no one will make you afraid. Yes, many will court your favor.
ASVAlso thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; Yea, many shall make suit unto thee.
YLTAnd thou hast rested, And none is causing trembling, And many have entreated thy face;
DARBYYea, thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; and many shall seek thy favour.
BBESleeping with no fear of danger; and men will be desiring to have grace in your eyes;
WebsterAlso thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yes, many shall make suit to thee.

What does Job 11:19 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
19. (Psa 4:8; Pr 3:24; Is 14:30); oriental images of prosperity. make suit--literally, "stroke thy face," "caress thee" (Pr 19:6).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 11:13-20

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…

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Job 11:19 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְֽ֭רָבַצְתָּVe.ra.vatz.taand you will lie downH7257
וְאֵ֣יןve.'Einand there notH369
מַחֲרִ֑ידma.cha.Rid[will be one who] disturbsH2729
וְחִלּ֖וּve.chi.Luand they will entreatH2470
פָנֶ֣יךָfa.Nei.khaface yourH6440
רַבִּֽים\׃ra.Bimmany [people]H7227

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 11:19

  • Isaiah 60:14

    The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the Lord, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

  • Isaiah 45:14

    Thus saith the Lord, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God.

  • Psalms 45:12

    And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.

  • Leviticus 26:6

    And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.

  • Revelation 3:9

    Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.

  • Job 42:8-9

    Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job. So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as the Lord commanded them: the Lord also accepted Job.

  • Proverbs 19:6

    Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.

  • Genesis 26:26-31

    Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army. And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you? And they said, We saw certainly that the Lord was with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee; That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of the Lord. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
many.
42:8,9; Ge 26:26-31; Ps 45:12; Pr 19:6; Isa 60:14; Re 3:9
make suit unto thee. Heb. intreat thy face.

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Context

  • Job 11:18

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

  • Job 11:19

    Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.

  • Job 11:20

    But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.

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Job 11:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y te acostarás, y no habrá quien te espante: y muchos te rogarán.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Tu te coucheras, et il n’y aura personne pour te faire peur, et beaucoup rechercheront ta faveur.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und du wirst dich lagern, und niemand wird dich aufschrecken; und viele werden deine Gunst suchen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Requiesces, et non erit qui te exterreat; et deprecabuntur faciem tuam plurimi.