Job 11:17
in Job 11Your life will be brighter than noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And thy life shall be clearer than the noonday; Though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning.
KJV
And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
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This verse in Job 11
Commentary
9 notes on this verseNote, Those that truly turn to God then begin to shine forth; their path is as the shining light which increases, the period of their day will be the perfection of it, and their evening to this world will be their morning to a better.
This site's exposition
you will forget your misery
on Job 11:16-19
Zophar's restoration, "you will forget your misery" and a life "brighter than noonday", repeats each friend's offer: a bright future in exchange for repentance. It rests on sins the friends assume, and the book's last chapter uses the same restoration language of Job with no such condition.
This site's exposition
brighter than noonday
Zophar promises a life brighter than noonday, with its darkness turned to morning. Barnes takes life here as Job's remaining days, and Matthew Henry applies the picture to all who turn their hearts to God. Job 42:12 records a blessing that followed Job's prayer.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church2 voices
But since Job had proposed above two arguments against the promise of prosperity in this life: the devastation of his own body when he said, "Decay clothes my flesh," (7:5) and the passing of the days of his life when he said, "My days have …
And the noonday splendour shall rise to thee at eventide. For 'the noonday splendour at eventide' is the renewing of virtue in the season of temptation, that the soul should be reinvigorated by the sudden heat of charity, which but now was full of fear, that the light of grace had sunk to it.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Shine - Light in scripture commonly signifies prosperity and glory. Thy comfort, like the morning-light shall shine brighter and brighter, until the perfect day.
And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
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.
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
And 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.
The words behind it
6 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּֽ֭מִצָּהֳרַיִם | umitzohorayim | and more than noon<s> | H6672 → | |
| יָק֣וּם | yakum | it will rise | H6965 → | 628 times |
| חָ֑לֶד | chaled | lifespan | H2465 → | |
| תָּ֝עֻ֗פָה | taufah | it will be dark | H5774 → | 26 times |
| כַּבֹּ֥קֶר | kaboker | like the morning | H1242 → | 214 times |
| תִּהְיֶֽה׃ | tihyeh | it will become | H1961 → | 3559 times |
וּֽ֭מִצָּהֳרַיִםand more than noon<s>
umitzohorayimH6672 →
יָק֣וּםit will rise
yakumH6965 →628 times
חָ֑לֶדlifespan
chaledH2465 →
תָּ֝עֻ֗פָהit will be dark
taufahH5774 →26 times
כַּבֹּ֥קֶרlike the morning
kabokerH1242 →214 times
תִּהְיֶֽה׃it will become
tihyehH1961 →3559 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Proverbs 4:18The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
it leads to
- John 8:12
Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
- Daniel 12:3
Then the wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness will shine like the stars forever and ever.
- Philippians 2:15
so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world
- 2 Corinthians 3:18
And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
- 2 Peter 1:19
We also have the word of the prophets as confirmed beyond doubt. And you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day…
- John 8:12
Through
Psalms 37:6He will bring forth your righteousness like the dawn, your justice like the noonday sun.
it leads to
- Isaiah 54:17
No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the…
- Isaiah 58:8
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.
- Micah 7:8–9
Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.
- Isaiah 54:17
About Job
This page draws on 9 works. Open the list of works
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Gregory the Dialogist, Morals on the Book of Job, Book X; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Job.