Job 11:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁷ And your life will be brighter than the noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; Thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ And [your] life shall be clearer than the noonday and rise above it; though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ And thy life shall be clearer than the noonday; Though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ A life span will rise brighter than noon; darkness will be like morning.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ And brightness, like that of midday, will rise upon you until evening, and when you would think yourself consumed, you will rise up like the morning star.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ And brightness like that of the noonday, shall arise to thee at evening. And when thou shalt think thyself consumed, thou shalt rise as the day-star.

Job 11:17 Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:10

Then David blessed the Lord in the presence of all the assembly; David said, “Blessed are you, O Lord, the God of our ancestor Israel, forever and ever.

Job 11:18

And you will have confidence because there is hope; you will be protected and take your rest in safety.

Job 22:26

then you will delight yourself in the Almighty and lift up your face to God.

Job 22:28

You will decide on a matter, and it will be established for you, and light will shine on your ways.

Job 29:3

when his lamp shone over my head, and by his light I walked through darkness,

Psalm 112:4

They rise in the darkness as a light for the upright; they are gracious, merciful, and righteous.

Psalm 37:6

He will make your vindication shine like the light and the justice of your cause like the noonday.

Psalm 92:14

In old age they still produce fruit; they are always green and full of sap,

Psalm 97:11

Light dawns for the righteous and joy for the upright in heart.

Proverbs 4:18

But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day.

Hosea 6:3

Let us know, let us press on to know the Lord; his appearing is as sure as the dawn; he will come to us like the showers, like the spring rains that water the earth.”

Malachi 4:2

But for you who revere my name the sun of righteousness shall rise, with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall.