Job 11:18
16 For you will forget your misery, recalling it only as waters gone by.
17 Your life will be brighter than noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.
You will be secure, because there is hope, and you will look around and lie down in safety.
19 You will lie down without fear, and many will court your favor.
20 But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; they will hope for their last breath.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- You will be secure, because there is hope, and you will look around and lie down in safety.
- KJV
- And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.
- WEB
- You will be secure, because there is hope. Yes, you will search, and will take your rest in safety.
- ASV
- And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; Yea, thou shalt search [about thee], and shalt take thy rest in safety.
- DARBY
- And thou shalt have confidence, because there shall be hope; and having searched about [thee], thou shalt take rest in safety.
- BLB
- And you will be secure, because there is hope, and you will search [and] lie down in safety.
- ÅB
- Og du skal være trygg, for da er det håp, og når du har sett deg vel omkring, kan du legge deg trygt til ro.
- OTB
- Du vil føle deg trygg, for det er håp;
du vil se deg omkring og hvile i sikkerhet. - B1930
- Og du skal være trygg, for da er det håp, og når du har sett dig vel omkring, kan du legge dig trygt til ro.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 3:24–26
When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you rest, your sleep will be sweet.
Read in contextPsalms 3:5
I lie down and sleep; I wake again, for the LORD sustains me.
Read in contextPsalms 43:5
Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.
Read in contextPsalms 4:8
I will lie down and sleep in peace, for You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.
Read in contextLeviticus 26:5–6
Your threshing will continue until the grape harvest, and the grape harvest will continue until sowing time; you will have your fill of food to eat and will dwell securely in your land.
Read in contextRomans 5:3–5
Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;
Read in contextProverbs 14:32
The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.
Read in contextJob 7:6
My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle; they come to an end without hope.
Read in context