Bible Strands
Job 11:17
Your life will be brighter than noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The speaker addresses Job, contrasting his present distress with a future marked by safety and restored vitality.
The words — The Hebrew מִצּוֹהֳרַיִם (mitzohorayim) literally means "noons" or "midday," paired with חָלֶד (chaled), meaning "lifespan" or "life."
The thread — This imagery of light breaking forth or shining brighter appears in Isaiah 58:8, Psalms 37:6, and Proverbs 4:18.
Why it lands — The text demands a reader to anticipate a concrete shift in daily experience, moving from present distress to predictable security.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
Cross-references
- 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.
- Psalms 37:6 He will bring forth your righteousness like the dawn, your justice like the noonday sun.
- Proverbs 4:18 The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
- Zechariah 14:6 On that day there will be no light, no cold or frost.
- Hosea 6:3 So 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.
- Micah 7:8 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.
- Psalms 112:4 Light dawns in the darkness for the upright—for the gracious, compassionate, and righteous.
- 1 Chronicles 29:10 Then 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.
- Job 42:11 All 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 silver and a gold ring.
- Psalms 92:14 In old age they will still bear fruit; healthy and green they will remain,