You will be secure, because there is hope, and you will look around and lie down in safety.
Parallel translations
- WEB You shall be secure, because there is hope. Yes, you shall search, and shall take your rest 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.
- NKJV And you would be secure, because there is hope; Yes, you would dig around you, and take your rest in safety.
- NASB “Then you would trust, because there is hope; And you would look around and rest securely.
- NLT Having hope will give you courage. You will be protected and will rest in safety.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. lockman.org
Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
Quick answer
Zophar promises Job would feel secure because there is hope, resting in safety. He ties confidence to renewed standing with God.
Overview
Zophar pledges that a restored Job would live in security and quiet rest, grounded in hope. The vision of hope-anchored safety is true to God's ways, though Zophar wrongly conditions it on Job's supposed repentance. Real and lasting security rests not on our deserving but on God's faithfulness, fully secured for believers in Christ (Psalm 4:8; Romans 5:1-2).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- Prov 3:24–26When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you rest, your sleep will be sweet.
- Ps 3:5I lie down and sleep; I wake again, for the LORD sustains me.
- Ps 43:5Why 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.
- Ps 4:8I will lie down and sleep in peace, for You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.
- Lev 26:5–6Your 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.
- Rom 5:3–5Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;
- Prov 14:32The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.
- Job 7:6My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle; they come to an end without hope.
- Job 22:27–29You will pray to Him, and He will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.
- Job 6:11What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What is my future, that I should be patient?
- Col 1:27To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
Resources, by level
Commentaries & study tools
Free animated overview and word-study videos for this book.
Sermons and teaching on this passage from across YouTube.
Clear, readable, conservative exposition — the best free place to start on any passage.
Matthew Henry, Barnes, Gill, the Pulpit Commentary, Ellicott, Cambridge, and more — stacked on one page for this exact verse.
The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).
Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.
Christ at the center
Job's cry for a mediator who can lay his hand on both God and man, and his confidence that 'my Redeemer lives' and will stand on the earth, reaches forward to Jesus the living Redeemer.
How Job 11:18 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.
Original language
Each word below is tagged with its Strong’s number — tap one to see the underlying Hebrew word, its meaning, and every verse that uses it.