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Job 11:18 — King James Version← Study notes

And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.


Job 11:18Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 11:187 words
HebrewMeaning
וּֽ֭/בָטַחְתָּwbāṭaḥətā
and you will be secureconjH982
secure · sure) · careless (one · woman) ···
כִּיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
יֵ֣שׁyēš
thereparticleH3426
(he · it · shall · there ···
תִּקְוָ֑הtiqəwāh
is hopenounH8615
hope · live · thing that I long for
וְ֝/חָפַרְתָּ֗wəḥāparətā
and you will be well protectedconjH2658
paw · search out · seek
לָ/בֶ֥טַחlābeṭaḥ
to securitypronH983
boldly · care · confidence · hope ···
תִּשְׁכָּֽבtišəkāb
you will lie downverbH7901
at all · lay · lie (down · down to sleep ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Job 11:18

And when thou thinkest thyself consumed, thou shalt arise like the morning star. For it often comes to pass that so many temptations beset our path, that the very multitude of them almost inclines us to the downfall of desperation. Hence for the most part, when the mind is turned to weariness, it scarce takes account even of the hurts that its virtue sustains, and notwithstanding that it is wholly filled with pain, it is as if it were now dislocated from the sense of pain,…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 10 §33
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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