Job 11:17

Job 11:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
• New International Version (NIV)Life will be brighter than noonday, and darkness will become like morning.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And your life will be brighter than the noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And your life would be brighter than noonday. Though you were dark, you would be like the morning.

Context of Job 11:17

15For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be steadfast, and shalt not fear: 16Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away: And thy age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning. 18And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety. 19Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit to thee.

Job 11:17 word by word

וּֽ֭מִצָּהֳרַיִם יָק֣וּם חָ֑לֶד תָּ֝עֻ֗פָה כַּבֹּ֥קֶר תִּהְיֶֽה׃Read the interlinear

• ageחֶ֫לֶדcheled · lifetime/worldH2465
• clearerקוּםqûm · to arise: establishH6965
• noondayצֹ֫הַרtsôhar · middayH6672
• forthתְּעֻפָה‛ûph · gloomH5774
• morningבֹּ֫קֶרbôqer · morningH1242

Cross-references for Job 11:17

• Job 42:11Then came there to him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and ate bread with him in his house: and they mourned with him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.
• Psalms 37:6And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.
• Psalms 92:14They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;
• Psalms 112:4To the upright there ariseth light in darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
• Proverbs 4:18But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more to the perfect day.
• Isaiah 58:8Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thy health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rear guard.
• Micah 7:8Rejoice not against me, O my enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light to me.
• Zechariah 14:6And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark:
• Malachi 4:2But to 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.
• Luke 2:26And it was revealed to him by the Holy Spirit, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.
• 1 Chronicles 29:10Therefore David blessed the LORD before all the congregation: and David said, Blessed be thou, LORD God of Israel our father, for ever and ever.
• Hosea 6:3Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come to us as the rain, as the latter and former rain to the earth.

Commentaries on Job 11:17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17Thine age shall be clearer than the noonday - The rest of thy life shall be unclouded prosperity. Thou shalt shine forth - Thou shalt be in this unclouded state, as the sun in the firmament of heaven, giving light and heat to all around thee. Thou shalt be as the morning - Thus the sun of thy prosperity shall arise, and shine more and more unto the perfect day. This is the image which the sacred writer employs, and it is correct and elegant.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17And thine age - Thy life. This does not mean old age, but the idea is, that his life would be cheerful and happy. Clearer than the noon-day - Margin, “Arise above the noon-day.” The margin is a literal rendering; but the sense is clear in the text. The idea is, that the remainder of his life would be bright as the sun if he would return to God. Thou shalt shine forth - Or rather, “thou art now in darkness, but thou shalt be as the morning.” The word used…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-20Verses 13-20 Zophar exhorts Job to repentance, and gives him encouragement, yet mixed with hard thoughts of him. He thought that worldly prosperity was always the lot of the righteous, and that Job was to be deemed a hypocrite unless his prosperity was restored. Then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; that is, thou mayst come boldly to the throne of grace, and not with the terror and amazement expressed in ch. 9:34. If we are looked upon in the…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. age--days of life. the noon-day--namely, of thy former prosperity; which, in the poet's image, had gone on increasing, until it reached its height, as the sun rises higher and higher until it reaches the meridian (Pr 4:18). shine forth--rather, "though now in darkness, thou shall be as the morning"; or, "thy darkness (if any dark shade should arise on thee, it) shall be as the morning" (only the dullness of morning twilight, not nocturnal darkness)…Read the comment

Topics related to Job 11:17

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Old Age
• Righteous

In the dictionaries

• Age
• Confess
• Deserve
• Measure
• Mock
• Suit
• Talk
• Christianity
• Clear; Clearness
• Zophar

Commentaries on Job 11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings