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Selected Verse: Job 11:19 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Job 11:19 |
Strong Concordance |
Also thou shalt lie down [07257], and none shall make thee afraid [02729]; yea, many [07227] shall make suit [02470] unto thee [06440]. |
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King James |
Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
(Psa 4:8; Pro 3:24; Isa 14:30); oriental images of prosperity.
make suit--literally, "stroke thy face," "caress thee" (Pro 19:6). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Many shall make suit unto thee - Many shall come in a suppliant manner to ask counsel and advice. The meaning is, that he would be a man of distinction, to whom many would look for counsel. This was evidently an honor highly valued in the East, and one on which Job had formerly pridcd himself; see Job 29:7-13. |
6 Many [07227] will intreat [02470] the favour [06440] of the prince [05081]: and every man is a friend [07453] to him [0376] that giveth gifts [04976].
30 And the firstborn [01060] of the poor [01800] shall feed [07462], and the needy [034] shall lie down [07257] in safety [0983]: and I will kill [04191] thy root [08328] with famine [07458], and he shall slay [02026] thy remnant [07611].
24 When thou liest down [07901], thou shalt not be afraid [06342]: yea, thou shalt lie down [07901], and thy sleep [08142] shall be sweet [06149].
8 I will both [03162] lay me down [07901] in peace [07965], and sleep [03462]: for thou, LORD [03068], only [0910] makest me dwell [03427] in safety [0983].
7 When I went out [03318] to the gate [08179] through the city [07176], when I prepared [03559] my seat [04186] in the street [07339]!
8 The young men [05288] saw [07200] me, and hid [02244] themselves: and the aged [03453] arose [06965], and stood up [05975].
9 The princes [08269] refrained [06113] talking [04405], and laid [07760] their hand [03709] on their mouth [06310].
10 The nobles [05057] held [02244] their peace [06963], and their tongue [03956] cleaved [01692] to the roof of their mouth [02441].
11 When the ear [0241] heard [08085] me, then it blessed [0833] me; and when the eye [05869] saw [07200] me, it gave witness [05749] to me:
12 Because I delivered [04422] the poor [06041] that cried [07768], and the fatherless [03490], and him that had none to help [05826] him.
13 The blessing [01293] of him that was ready to perish [06] came [0935] upon me: and I caused the widow's [0490] heart [03820] to sing for joy [07442].