John Gill Commentary Job 11:19

"Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; Yea, many shall make suit unto thee." — Job 11:19 (ASV)

Also you shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid ,
&c.] 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 to you ;
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^F26".

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FOOTNOTES:

• F26: (Mybr) "magnates", Vatablus, Bolducius. shall make suit to you"; 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 (Psalms 45:12) .