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.

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  • Psalms 37:6

    And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.

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  • Proverbs 4:18

    But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

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  • Zechariah 14:6–7

    And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark:

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  • Hosea 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.

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  • Micah 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.

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  • Psalms 112:4

    Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.

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  • Malachi 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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