Job 11:17
And life shall arise brighter than noonday; though thou be enshrouded in darkness, thou shalt be as the morning,
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
16For thou shalt forget misery; as waters that are passed away shalt thou remember it;
Cross References
Job 42:11And all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, came to him, and they ate bread with him in his house, and they condoled with him, and comforted him concerning all the evil that Jehovah had brought upon him; and every one gave him a piece of money, and every one a golden ring.
Psalms 92:14They are still vigorous in old age, they are full of sap and green;
Psalms 112:4Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness; he is gracious, and merciful, and righteous.
Isaiah 58:8Then shall thy light break forth as the dawn, and thy health shall spring forth speedily; and thy righteousness shall go before thee, the glory of Jehovah shall be thy rearguard.
Hosea 6:3and we shall know, we shall follow on to know Jehovah: his going forth is assured as the morning dawn; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain which watereth the earth.
Zechariah 14:6And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] there shall not be light; the shining shall be obscured.
Matthew Henry on Job 11:14-20
13 If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him; 14 If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles. 15 For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear: 16 Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away: 17 And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning. 18 And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea,… Read the whole commentary →