Job 11:17
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:
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, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.
19 Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Your life will be brighter than noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.
- KJV
- And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
- WEB
- Life will be clearer than the noonday. Though there is darkness, it will be as the morning.
- ASV
- And [thy] life shall be clearer than the noonday; Though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning.
- DARBY
- And life shall arise brighter than noonday; though thou be enshrouded in darkness, thou shalt be as the morning,
- BLB
- And more than noon life will arise; darkness will become like the morning.
- ÅB
- Og lysere enn middagen blir da ditt liv; mørket blir for deg som morgenen.
- OTB
- Ditt liv vil være lysere enn middagstid;
selv mørket vil være som morgenen. - B1930
- Og lysere enn middagen blir da ditt liv; mørket blir for dig som morgenen.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 58:8–10
Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward.
Read in contextPsalms 37:6
And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.
Read in contextProverbs 4:18
But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
Read in contextZechariah 14:6–7
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark:
Read in contextHosea 6:3
Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
Read in contextMicah 7:8–9
Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.
Read in contextPsalms 112:4
Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
Read in contextMalachi 4:2
But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
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