Job 11 · Verse 17

Job 11:17

And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
Job 11:17, King James Version

Job 11:17 in other translations

BSBYour life will be brighter than noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.
WEBLife will be clearer than the noonday. Though there is darkness, it will be as the morning.
ASVAnd thy life shall be clearer than the noonday; Though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning.
YLTAnd above the noon doth age rise, Thou fliest--as the morning thou art.
DARBYAnd life shall arise brighter than noonday; though thou be enshrouded in darkness, thou shalt be as the morning,
BBEAnd your life will be brighter than day; though it is dark, it will become like the morning.
WebsterAnd thy age shall be clearer than the noon-day: thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.

What does Job 11:17 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
17. 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) [Umbreit].

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 17 Thine 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 11:13-20

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…

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Job 11:17 in the original Hebrew

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וּֽ֭מִצָּהֳרַיִםU.mi.tzo.ho.ra.yimand more than noon<s>H6672
יָק֣וּםya.Kumit will riseH6965
חָ֑לֶדCha.ledlifespanH2465
תָּ֝עֻ֗פָהta.'U.fahit will be darkH5774
כַּבֹּ֥קֶרka.Bo.kerlike the morningH1242
תִּהְיֶֽה\׃tih.Yehit will becomeH1961

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Cross references for Job 11:17

  • 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. Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity; And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday:

  • Psalms 37:6

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

  • Proverbs 4:18

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

  • Zechariah 14:6-7

    And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark: But it shall be one day which shall be known to the Lord, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.

  • 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.

  • 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. I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.

  • Psalms 112:4

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

  • 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.

  • Job 42:11-17

    Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned 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. So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses. He had also seven sons and three daughters. And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Keren–happuch. …

  • Psalms 92:14

    They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;

  • 1 Chronicles 29:10

    Wherefore David blessed the Lord before all the congregation: and David said, Blessed be thou, Lord God of Israel our father, for ever and ever.

  • Luke 2:26-32

    And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord’s Christ. And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law, Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said, Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word: …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
age.
42:11-17; Ps 37:6; 92:14; 112:4; Pr 4:18; Isa 58:8-10; Mic 7:8,9
Zec 14:6,7; Mal 4:2; Lu 2:26-32
be clearer than. Heb. arise above, etc. thou shalt.
1Ch 29:10; Ho 6:3

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Context

  • Job 11:16

    Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:

  • Job 11:17

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

  • Job 11:18

    And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.

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Job 11:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y en mitad de la siesta se levantará bonanza; resplandecerás, y serás como la mañana:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Ta vie se lèvera plus claire que le plein midi; si tu étais couvert de ténèbres, tu seras comme le matin;
German
Elberfelder 1871
und heller als der Mittag wird dein Leben erstehen; mag es finster sein-wie der Morgen wird es werden.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et quasi meridianus fulgor consurget tibi ad vesperam; et cum te consumptum putaveris, orieris ut lucifer.