Job 11:17

In 11 translations

BSB

Your life will be brighter than noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.

KJV

And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.be clearer…: Heb. arise above

WEB

Life will be clearer than the noonday. Though there is darkness, it will be as the morning.

ASV

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

LSV

And age rises above the noon, || You fly—you are as the morning.

YLT

And above the noon doth age rise, Thou fliest — as the morning thou art.

DBY

And life shall arise brighter than noonday; though thou be enshrouded in darkness, thou shalt be as the morning,

DRC

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.

GNV

Thine age also shall appeare more cleare then the noone day: thou shalt shine and bee as the morning.

JPS

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

LXXE

And thy prayer shall be as the morning star, and life shall arise to thee as from the noon-day.

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WLC

וּֽ֭מִצָּהֳרַיִם יָק֣וּם חָ֑לֶד תָּ֝עֻ֗פָה כַּבֹּ֥קֶר תִּהְיֶֽה׃

LXX-Br

Ἡ δὲ εὐχή σου ὥσπερ Ἑωσφόρος, ἐκ δὲ μεσημβρίας ἀνατελεῖ σοι ζωή·

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• Isaiah 58:8–10Then 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. Then you will call, and the LORD will…
• Psalms 37:6He will bring forth your righteousness like the dawn, your justice like the noonday sun.
• Proverbs 4:18The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
• Zechariah 14:6–7On that day there will be no light, no cold or frost. It will be a day known only to the LORD, without day or night; but when evening comes, there will be light.
• Micah 7:8–9Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light. Because I have sinned against Him, I must endure the rage of the LORD, until He argues my case…
• Hosea 6:3So let us know— let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.
• Psalms 112:4Light dawns in the darkness for the upright— for the gracious, compassionate, and righteous.
• 1 Chronicles 29:10Then David blessed the LORD in the sight of all the assembly and said: “May You be blessed, O LORD, God of our father Israel, from everlasting to everlasting.
• Malachi 4:2“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.
• Psalms 92:14In old age they will still bear fruit; healthy and green they will remain,
• Job 42:11–17All his brothers and sisters and prior acquaintances came and dined with him in his house. They consoled him and comforted him over all the adversity that the LORD had brought upon him. And each one gave him a piece of…
• Luke 2:26–32The Holy Spirit had revealed to him that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ. Led by the Spirit, he went into the temple courts. And when the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for Him…

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