Job 11:17

And brighter than the noon of day will thy earthly existence arise; and thy obscurity will be like thy morning.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.

In Context

16Because thou wilt truly forget thy trouble, and as a waterflood that is passed away wilt thou remember it;

18And thou wilt feel trust, because there is hope: yea, thou wilt search about carefully, and thou wilt lie down in safety.

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Cross References

Job 42:11And then came unto him all his brothers, and all his sisters, and all that had been of his acquaintance before, and ate bread with him in his house; and they condoled with him, and comforted him for all the evil that the Lord had brought upon him; and they gave him, every one, a kessitah, and every one an earring of gold.

Psalms 92:14(92:15) They shall still flourish in high old age; they shall be vigorous and covered with foliage;

Psalms 112:4There ariseth in the darkness a light to the upright: he is gracious, and merciful, and righteous.

Isaiah 58:8Then shall break forth as the morning-dawn thy light, and thy healing shall speedily spring forth; and before thee shall go thy righteousness, the glory of the Lord shall be thy rereward.

Hosea 6:3And let us feel it, that we may strive to know the Lord; bright as the morning-dawn is his rising; and he will come as the rain unto us, as the latter rain that maketh fruitful the earth.”

Zechariah 14:6And it shall come to pass on that day, that there shall be no light, but fleeting light and thick darkness;

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 →

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