Bible Strands
Job 11:18
You will be secure, because there is hope, and you will look around and lie down in safety.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Zophar addresses Job amid their theological dispute, projecting a future reversal of Job’s current distress into a state of guaranteed safety.
The words — The verse hinges on בָּטַח (va.tach), meaning “to be secure,” and תִּקְוָה (tikvah), meaning “hope,” which together frame safety as contingent on anticipated deliverance.
The thread — This motif of secure rest appears in Proverbs 3:24, Psalms 3:5, and Psalms 43:5, where lying down without fear is tied to divine sustenance and focused hope.
Why it lands — It requires the reader to treat future hope not as a wish but as the structural foundation for present peace and untroubled sleep.
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The Hebrew words
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.
Cross-references
- Proverbs 3:24 When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you rest, your sleep will be sweet.
- Psalms 3:5 I lie down and sleep; I wake again, for the LORD sustains me.
- Psalms 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.
- Psalms 4:8 I will lie down and sleep in peace, for You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.
- Leviticus 26:5 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.
- Romans 5:3 Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;
- Job 7:6 My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle; they come to an end without hope.
- Proverbs 14:32 The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.
- Job 22:27 You will pray to Him, and He will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.
- Job 6:11 What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What is my future, that I should be patient?