Job 11:17 “Your life will be brighter than noonday; its darkness will be like the…”

Job 11:17

Your life will be brighter than noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Life will be clearer than the noonday. Though there is darkness, it will be as the morning.

American Standard Version

And thy life shall be clearer than the noonday; Though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning.

Geneva Bible 1599

Thine age also shall appeare more cleare then the noone day: thou shalt shine and bee as the morning.

Darby Translation

And life shall arise brighter than noonday; though thou be enshrouded in darkness, thou shalt be as the morning,

Young's Literal Translation

And above the noon doth age rise, Thou fliest — as the morning thou art.

Bible in Basic English

And your life will be brighter than day; though it is dark, it will become like the morning.

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Cross references

“age”

Isaiah 58:8–10 Psalm 37:6 Proverbs 4:18 Psalm 112:4 Job 42:11–17 Psalm 92:14

Isaiah 58:8–10 · BSB

Then 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.

Psalm 37:6 · BSB

He will bring forth your righteousness like the dawn, your justice like the noonday sun.

Proverbs 4:18 · BSB

The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.

Psalm 112:4 · BSB

Light dawns in the darkness for the upright— for the gracious, compassionate, and righteous.

Job 42:11–17 · BSB

All 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 s…

Psalm 92:14 · BSB

In old age they will still bear fruit; healthy and green they will remain,

“thou shalt”

Hosea 6:3 1 Chronicles 29:10

Hosea 6:3 · BSB

So 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.

1 Chronicles 29:10 · BSB

Then David blessed the LORD in the sight of all the assembly and said: “May You be blessed, O LORD, God of our father Israel, from everlasting to everlasting.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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.

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