You will lie down without fear, and many will court your favor.
Parallel translations
- WEB Also you shall lie down, and no one shall make you afraid. Yes, many shall court your favor.
- KJV Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.
- NKJV You would also lie down, and no one would make you afraid; Yes, many would court your favor.
- NASB “You would lie down and none would disturb you, And many would flatter you.
- NLT You will lie down unafraid, and many will look to you for help.
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Quick answer
Zophar says Job would lie down unafraid while many sought his favor. He promises peace and renewed honor.
Overview
Zophar foresees Job sleeping in safety with others courting his goodwill, a picture of restored peace and standing. Such blessings do echo God's covenant promises of rest and favor (Leviticus 26:6). Yet they are God's gift of grace, not the automatic payoff of human merit, and find their surest ground in the peace Christ gives (John 14:27).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Isa 60:14The sons of your oppressors will come and bow down to you; all who reviled you will fall facedown at your feet and call you the City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
- Isa 45:14This is what the LORD says: “The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, along with the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you and will be yours; they will trudge behind you; they will come over in chains and bow down to you. They will confess to you: ‘God is indeed with you, and there is no other; there is no other God.’”
- Ps 45:12The Daughter of Tyre will come with a gift; men of wealth will seek your favor.
- Lev 26:6And I will give peace to the land, and you will lie down with nothing to fear. I will rid the land of dangerous animals, and no sword will pass through your land.
- Prov 19:6Many seek the favor of the prince, and everyone is a friend of the gift giver.
- Job 42:8–9So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken accurately about Me, as My servant Job has.”
- Rev 3:9Look at those who belong to the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews but are liars instead. I will make them come and bow down at your feet, and they will know that I love you.
- Gen 26:26–31Later, Abimelech came to Isaac from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his adviser and Phicol the commander of his army.
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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.
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