Job 11:17
Your life will be brighter than noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.
Majority Standard Bible
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16For you will forget your misery, recalling it only as waters gone by.
18You will be secure, because there is hope, and you will look around and lie down in safety.
Cross References
Job 42:11All his brothers and sisters and prior acquaintances came and dined with him in his house. They consoled him and comforted him over all the adversity that the LORD had brought upon him. And each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring.
Psalms 92:14In old age they will still bear fruit; healthy and green they will remain,
Psalms 112:4Light dawns in the darkness for the upright—for the gracious, compassionate, and righteous.
Isaiah 58:8Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will come quickly. Your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.
Hosea 6:3So let us know—let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.
Zechariah 14:6On that day there will be no light, no cold or frost.
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 →