Job 11:19

19 "You would ¹lie down and none would disturb you, And many would ²entreat your favor.

Job 11:19 Meaning and Commentary

Job 11:19

Also thou shall lie down, and none shall make [thee] afraid,
&c.] Either lie down on his bed, as before, or by his flocks, and where they lie down, and none should disturb him or them; not thieves and robbers, such as the Chaldeans and Sabeans had been to him, nor lions, bears, and wolves;

yea, many shall make suit unto thee;
make their supplications, present their requests and petitions for relief under necessitous circumstances, or for protection from the injuries and insults of others; as the poor and needy, the widow and fatherless, had done to him in times past, when in his prosperity, and when he was a friend unto them, and the father of them; see ( Proverbs 19:6 ) ; or, "the great ones

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FOOTNOTES:

F26 shall make suit to thee"; to have his favour and friendship, his counsel and advice, his company and conversation; he should be applied unto and courted by men of all sorts, which would be no small honour to him; see ( Psalms 45:12 ) .

F26 (Mybr) "magnates", Vatablus, Bolducius.

Job 11:19 In-Context

17 "Your life would be brighter than noonday; Darkness would be like the morning.

18 "Then you would trust, because there is hope; And you would look around and rest securely.

19 "You would lie down and none would disturb you, And many would entreat your favor.

20 "But the eyes of the wicked will fail, And there will be no escape for them; And their hope is to breathe their last."

Cross References

• 1. Leviticus 26:6; Isaiah 17:2; Micah 4:4; Zephaniah 3:13
• 2. Isaiah 45:14

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "face"