KJV King James Version
And [thine] age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
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Job 11:17
And [thine] age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Your life will be brighter than noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.
WEB World English Bible
Life shall be clearer than the noonday. Though there is darkness, it shall be as the morning.
ASV American Standard Version
And thy life shall be clearer than the noonday; Though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And above the noon doth age rise, Thou fliest—as the morning thou art.
Surrounding context — Job 11
14 If iniquity [be] in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
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:
17 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.
20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope [shall be as] the giving up of the ghost.
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Isaiah 58:8-10Then 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.Psalm 37:6And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.Proverbs 4:18But the path of the just [is] as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.Zechariah 14:6-7And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the light shall not be clear, [nor] dark: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 unto us as the rain, as the latter [and] former rain unto the earth.Micah 7:8-9Rejoice 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.Psalm 112:4Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: [he is] gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.Psalm 92:14They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;Job 42:11-17Then 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.Malachi 4:2But 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.1 Chronicles 29:10Wherefore 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 2:26-32And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.
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