Job 11:18 You will be secure, because there is hope, and you will look around and lie down in safety.

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New International Version
You will be secure, because there is hope; you will look about you and take your rest in safety.

New Living Translation
Having hope will give you courage. You will be protected and will rest in safety.

English Standard Version
And you will feel secure, because there is hope; you will look around and take your rest in security.

Berean Standard Bible
You will be secure, because there is hope, and you will look around and lie down in safety.

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

New King James Version
And you would be secure, because there is hope; Yes, you would dig around you, and take your rest in safety.

New American Standard Bible
“Then you would trust, because there is hope; And you would look around and rest securely.

NASB 1995
“Then you would trust, because there is hope; And you would look around and rest securely.

NASB 1977
“Then you would trust, because there is hope; And you would look around and rest securely.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then you would trust, because there is hope; And you would search around and rest securely.

Amplified Bible
“Then you would trust [with confidence], because there is hope; You would look around you and rest securely.

Christian Standard Bible
You will be confident, because there is hope. You will look carefully about and lie down in safety.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You will be confident, because there is hope. You will look carefully about and lie down in safety.

American Standard Version
And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; Yea, thou shalt search about thee, and shalt take thy rest in safety.

Contemporary English Version
You will rest safe and secure, filled with hope and emptied of worry.

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
You will feel confident because there's hope, and you will look around and rest in safety.

Good News Translation
You will live secure and full of hope; God will protect you and give you rest.

International Standard Version
You'll be secure, because there is hope; you'll see that you're at rest and safe.

Majority Standard Bible
You will be secure, because there is hope, and you will look around and lie down in safety.

NET Bible
And you will be secure, because there is hope; you will be protected and will take your rest in safety.

New Heart English Bible
You shall be secure, because there is hope. Yes, you shall search, and shall take your rest in safety.

Webster's Bible Translation
And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yes, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.

World English Bible
You will be secure, because there is hope. Yes, you will search, and will take your rest in safety.

Literal Translations

Literal Standard Version
And you have trusted because there is hope, "" And searched—in confidence you lie down,

Young's Literal Translation
And thou hast trusted because their is hope, And searched -- in confidence thou liest down,

Smith's Literal Translation
And thou didst trust, for there is hope; and thou didst search out; thou shalt lie down confidently.

Catholic Translations

Douay-Rheims Bible
And thou shalt have confidence, hope being set before thee, and being buried thou shalt sleep secure.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And, when hope has been set before you, you will have faith, and, when buried, you will sleep secure.

New American Bible
And you shall be secure, because there is hope; you shall look round you and lie down in safety;

New Revised Standard Version
And you will have confidence, because there is hope; you will be protected and take your rest in safety.

Translations from Aramaic

Lamsa Bible
Then you will have confidence because there is hope; yea, you lie down and take your rest in safety:

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And you will trust that there is hope and you will sleep and you will be rested

OT Translations

JPS Tanakh 1917
And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; Yea, thou shalt look about thee, and shalt take thy rest in safety.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And thou shalt be confident, because thou hast hope; and peace shall dawn to thee from out of anxiety and care.

Additional Translations ...

Audio Bible

Context

Zophar Rebukes Job
…17Your life will be brighter than noonday; its darkness will be like the morning. 18You will be secure, because there is hope, and you will look around and lie down in safety. 19You will lie down without fear, and many will court your favor.…

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Cross References

Psalm 27:13-14
Still I am certain to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. / Wait patiently for the LORD; be strong and courageous. Wait patiently for the LORD!

Proverbs 23:18
For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

Romans 5:5
And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.

Hebrews 6:19
We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain,

Psalm 37:37
Consider the blameless and observe the upright, for posterity awaits the man of peace.

Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.

1 Peter 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

Isaiah 32:17
The work of righteousness will be peace; the service of righteousness will be quiet confidence forever.

Romans 15:13
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

1 John 3:3
And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as Christ is pure.

Psalm 146:5
Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,

Lamentations 3:21-23
Yet I call this to mind, and therefore I have hope: / Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail. / They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness!

2 Corinthians 4:17-18
For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison. / So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

Isaiah 40:31
But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.

Philippians 1:20
I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have complete boldness so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.

Treasury of Scripture

And you shall be secure, because there is hope; yes, you shall dig about you, and you shall take your rest in safety.

because

Job 6:11
What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?

Job 7:6
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.

Job 22:27-29
Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows…

thou shalt take

Leviticus 26:5,6
And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely…

Psalm 3:5
I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.

Psalm 4:8
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.

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Job 11

1. Zophar reproves Job for justifying himself
5. God's wisdom is unsearchable
13. The assured blessing of repentance

Berean Study Bible

You will be secure
The Hebrew root for "secure" is "בָּטַח" (batach), which conveys a sense of trust, confidence, and safety. In the context of Job, this word is a powerful assurance of divine protection and stability. Historically, the concept of security in ancient times was often tied to physical safety from enemies or natural disasters. Here, it transcends to a spiritual assurance, suggesting that true security is found in trusting God, even amidst life's trials.

because there is hope
The word "hope" in Hebrew is "תִּקְוָה" (tiqvah), which implies expectation and waiting. In the narrative of Job, hope is not a mere wish but a confident expectation rooted in faith. This hope is not based on circumstances but on the character and promises of God. Theologically, hope is a central theme in Scripture, often linked with faith and love, and serves as an anchor for the soul (Hebrews 6:19).

you will look around
This phrase suggests a comprehensive view of one's surroundings, implying awareness and vigilance. In the ancient Near Eastern context, being able to "look around" without fear was a sign of peace and prosperity. For Job, this signifies a future time when he will be free from the turmoil and able to observe his life with clarity and assurance.

and lie down in safety
"Lying down" in safety evokes imagery of rest and peace, reminiscent of Psalm 23:2, where the shepherd leads the sheep to lie down in green pastures. The Hebrew word for "safety" is "בֶּטַח" (betach), closely related to the word for "secure." This phrase promises not just physical rest but a deep, spiritual peace that comes from God's protection. In a broader biblical context, it reflects the ultimate rest found in God's presence, a theme echoed throughout Scripture as the peace that surpasses all understanding (Philippians 4:7).

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(18) Thou shalt dig about thee.--Rather, thou shalt look around or search about thee, and see that thou canst lie down in safety. (Comp. Joshua 2:2, and Job 39:29.) The same word means, indeed, to dig and to blush; but both meanings are incongruous and inadmissible here.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 18. - And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope. Job, entering on this second period of prosperity, would be and feel secure; safe, i.e. from any return of calamity, because hope would once more animate him and be his predominant feeling. No doubt "hope springs eternal in the human breast;" and when Job's prosperity was actually restored (Job 42:12-16), these anticipations had their fulfilment; but, as uttered by Zophar, there is a ring of insincerity about them, and we cannot but feel that his object in expatiating at length on the details of Job's coming happiness is not to console and encourage his friend, but rather to annoy and exasperate him, since the entire basis on which he builds is the assumption of Job's heinous guilt (vers. 3, 6, 11, 14), and the prosperity which he promises is to follow upon an acknowledgment of guilt and a putting sway of iniquity (vers. 13, 14), which he knew that Job wholly repudiated. Yea, thou shalt dig about thee. So Schultens, who understands it to mean that Job shall dig a moat around his habitation, to make himself perfectly secure. The verb has, however, two other meanings - "to investigate" or "search out," and "to blush;" and it is taken here in each of these meanings by some critics. Our Revisers translate, "Yea, thou shalt search about thee;" and so Canon Cook and Professor Stanley Loathes. Rosenmuller, on the other hand, and Professor Lee render the words by "Though thou shouldst blush," or "be ashamed." It is difficult to decide between such high authorities; but the fast that Job uses the verb in the sense of "search," "look after," in Job 39:29, and does not elsewhere use it in either of the other senses, should incline us to accept the rendering of the Revised Version. And thou shalt take thy rest in safety; or, securely; i.e. with a sense of being in perfect security.

Parallel Commentaries ...

Hebrew

You will be secure,
וּֽ֭בָטַחְתָּ (ū·ḇā·ṭaḥ·tā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 982: To trust, be confident, sure

because
כִּי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

there is
יֵ֣שׁ (yêš)
Adverb
Strong's 3426: Being, substance, existence, is

hope,
תִּקְוָ֑ה (tiq·wāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8615: A cord, expectancy

and you will look around
וְ֝חָפַרְתָּ֗ (wə·ḥā·p̄ar·tā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 2658: To pry into, to delve, to explore

and lie down
תִּשְׁכָּֽב׃ (tiš·kāḇ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 7901: To lie down

in safety.
לָבֶ֥טַח (lā·ḇe·ṭaḥ)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 983: A place of refuge, safety, safely

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