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Job 11:18

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

KJV

Et habebis fiduciam, proposita tibi spe : et defossus securus dormies.

Vulgate

πεποιθώς τε ἔσῃ ὅτι ἔστιν σοι ἐλπίς, ἐκ δὲ μερίμνης καὶ φροντίδος ἀναφανεῖταί σοι εἰρήνη.

LXX

And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; Yea, thou shalt searchabout thee, and shalt take thy rest in safety.

ASV

וּֽ֭/בָטַחְתָּ כִּי יֵ֣שׁ תִּקְוָ֑ה וְ֝/חָפַרְתָּ֗ לָ/בֶ֥טַח תִּשְׁכָּֽב

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בֶ֖טַח
btch
noun · 41×
בֹּטְחִ֖ים
btchym
verb · 117×
חָֽפְרוּ֙
chprv
verb · 22×
יֶשׁ
ysh
pronoun · 137×
יִּשְׁכַּ֤ב
yshkb
verb · 211×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
תִּקְוָ֑ה
tqvh
noun · 34×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Job 7:6 — My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.
  • Lev 26:5 — And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.
  • Prov 3:24 — When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
  • Prov 14:32 — The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
  • Ps 3:5 — I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.
  • Ps 3:5 — I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.
  • Ps 4:8 — I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.
  • Ps 4:8 — I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.
  • Ps 43:5 — Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
  • Ps 127:2 — It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
  • Rom 5:3 — And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;