Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.

Thou shalt rest, and there shall be none to make thee afraid: and many shall entreat thy face.

Yea, thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; and many shall seek thy favour.

And thou hast rested, And none is causing trembling, And many have entreated thy face;

Sleeping with no fear of danger; and men will be desiring to have grace in your eyes;

You will rest, and there will be nothing to make you afraid, and many will make requests before your face.

Many shall make suit unto thee - Many shall come in a suppliant manner to ask counsel and advice. The meaning is, that he would be a man of distinction, to whom many would look for counsel. This was evidently an honor highly valued in the East, and one on which Job had formerly pridcd himself; see Job 29:7-13.

Also thou shall lie down, and none shall make thee afraid,.... Either lie down on his bed, as before, or by his flocks, and where they lie down, and none should disturb him or them; not thieves and robbers, such as the Chaldeans and Sabeans had been to him, nor lions, bears, and wolves;
yea, many shall make suit unto thee; make their supplications, present their requests and petitions for relief under necessitous circumstances, or for protection from the injuries and insults of others; as the poor and needy, the widow and fatherless, had done to him in times past, when in his prosperity, and when he was a friend unto them, and the father of them; see Proverbs 19:6; or, "the great ones (z) shall make suit to thee"; to have his favour and friendship, his counsel and advice, his company and conversation; he should be applied unto and courted by men of all sorts, which would be no small honour to him; see Psalm 45:12.
(z) "magnates", Vatablus, Bolducius.

(Psalm 4:8; Proverbs 3:24; Isaiah 14:30); oriental images of prosperity.
make suit--literally, "stroke thy face," "caress thee" (Proverbs 19:6).