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Job 11:18

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11:18And you will be secure, because there is hope;

you will be protected48

and will take your rest in safety.

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Footnotes

  1. 48 The Hebrew verb means “to dig”; but this does not provide a good meaning for the verse. A. B. Davidson offers an interpretation of “search,” suggesting that before retiring at night Job would search and find everything in order. Some offer a better solution, namely, redefining the word on the basis of Arabic hafara, “to protect” and repointing it to וְחֻפַרְתָּ (vékhufarta, “you will be protected”). Other attempts to make sense of the line have involved the same process, but they are less convincing (for some of the more plausible proposals, see D. J. A. Clines, Job [], ).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And you will feel secure, because there is hope;

you will look around and take your rest in security.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

You will be secure, because there is hope;

you will look about you and take your rest in safety.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

You will be confident, because there is hope.

You will look carefully about and lie down in safety.

NLTNew Living Translation

Having hope will give you courage.

You will be protected and will rest in safety.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And you will have confidence because there is hope;

and you will be well protected—you will sleep in safety.

KJV 1900King 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.