Job 11:17
Above high noon, shall rise life’s continuance, Darkness, like a morning, shall appear,
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
16For, now, shalt thou forget, sorrow, Like waters passed away, shalt thou remember it.
Cross References
Job 42:11Then came unto him all his brethren and all his sisters, and all his former acquaintances, and they did eat bread with him in his house,—and shewed sympathy with him and comforted him, over all the calamity which Yahweh had brought upon him,—and they gave him, every one a weight of money, and every one, a ring of gold.
Psalms 92:14Still shall they bear fruit in old age, Vigorous and fresh, shall they be:
Psalms 112:4Risen—in darkness, is light to the upright, The gracious and compassionate and righteous.
Isaiah 58:8Then, shall break forth, as the dawn, thy light, And thy new flesh shall speedily grow,—Then shall go before thee, thy righteousness, the glory of Yahweh shall bring up thy rear:
Hosea 6:3Then let us know—let us press on to know—Yahweh, Like the dawn, is his coming forth assured,—that he may come like a down-pour upon us, like the harvest-rain, [and] the seed-rain of the land.
Zechariah 14:6And it shall come to pass, in that day,—that there shall be no light, the bright stars, shall be withdrawn;
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 →