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Job 11:17
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KJ21
And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
ASV
And thy life shall be clearer than the noonday; Though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning.
AMP
“And your life would be brighter than the noonday; Darkness [then] would be like the morning.
AMPC
And [your] life shall be clearer than the noonday and rise above it; though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning.
BRG
And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
CSB
Your life will be brighter than noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.
CSBA
Your life will be brighter than noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.
CEB
A life span will rise brighter than noon; darkness will be like morning.
CJB
your life will be brighter than noon; even its darkness will be like morning.
CEV
and your darkest night will be brighter than noon.
DARBY
And life shall arise brighter than noonday; though thou be enshrouded in darkness, thou shalt be as the morning,
DRA
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.
ERV
Your life will be brighter than the sunshine at noon. Life’s darkest hours will shine like the morning sun.
EASY
You will have a happy life that is brighter than the sun at noon. Even if trouble makes it dark, it will still seem like a bright morning.
EHV
The rest of your life will be brighter than noon. Darkness will become like morning.
ESV
And your life will be brighter than the noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.
ESVUK
And your life will be brighter than the noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.
EXB
Your life will be ·as bright as [brighter than] the noonday sun, and darkness will seem like morning.
GNV
Thine age also shall appear more clear than the noon day: thou shalt shine and be as the morning.
GW
Then your life will be brighter than the noonday sun. The darkness in your life will become like morning.
GNT
Your life will be brighter than sunshine at noon, and life's darkest hours will shine like the dawn.
HCSB
Your life will be brighter than noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.
ICB
Your life will be as bright as the noonday sun. And darkness will seem like morning.
ISV
Your life will be brighter than noonday. Even its darkness will be like dawn.
JUB
and thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
KJV
And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday: thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
AKJV
and thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
LSB
And your lifetime would arise brighter than noonday; Darkness would be like the morning.
LEB
“And your life will be brighter than noon; its darkness will be like the morning.
TLB
And your life will be cloudless; any darkness will be as bright as morning!
MSG
“Still, if you set your heart on God and reach out to him, If you scrub your hands of sin and refuse to entertain evil in your home, You’ll be able to face the world unashamed and keep a firm grip on life, guiltless and fearless. You’ll forget your troubles; they’ll be like old, faded photographs. Your world will be washed in sunshine, every shadow dispersed by dawn. Full of hope, you’ll relax, confident again; you’ll look around, sit back, and take it easy. Expansive, without a care in the world, you’ll be hunted out by many for your blessing. But the wicked will see none of this. They’re headed down a dead-end road with nothing to look forward to—nothing.”
MEV
and your life will be brighter than noonday, even your darkness will be as the morning.
NOG
Then your life will be brighter than the noonday sun. The darkness in your life will become like morning.
NABRE
Then your life shall be brighter than the noonday; its gloom shall become like the morning,
NASB
Your life would be brighter than noonday; Darkness would be like the morning.
NASB1995
“Your life would be brighter than noonday; Darkness would be like the morning.
NCB
“Then your life will be brighter than noonday, and its darkness will be like morning.
NCV
Your life will be as bright as the noonday sun, and darkness will seem like morning.
NET
And life will be brighter than the noonday; though there be darkness, it will be like the morning.
NIRV
Life will be brighter than the sun at noon. And darkness will become like morning.
NIV
Life will be brighter than noonday, and darkness will become like morning.
NIVUK
Life will be brighter than noonday, and darkness will become like morning.
NKJV
And your life would be brighter than noonday. Though you were dark, you would be like the morning.
NLV
Your life would be brighter than noon. Darkness would be like the morning.
NLT
Your life will be brighter than the noonday. Even darkness will be as bright as morning.
NRSVA
And your life will be brighter than the noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.
NRSVACE
And your life will be brighter than the noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.
NRSVCE
And your life will be brighter than the noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.
NRSVUE
And your life will be brighter than the noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.
OJB
And thine cheled (duration of life) shall be brighter than the tzohorayim (noonday); thou shalt shine forth; thou shalt be as the boker.
RGT
“Your lifetime shall appear clearer than the noonday, and shall shine as the morning.
RSV
And your life will be brighter than the noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.
RSVCE
And your life will be brighter than the noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.
TLV
Life will be brighter than noonday; darkness like the morning.
VOICE
Life will become brighter than high noon; darkness will give way to morning.
WEB
Life will be clearer than the noonday. Though there is darkness, it will be as the morning.
WYC
And as midday shining, it shall raise (up) to thee at eventide; and when thou guessest thee (to be) wasted, thou shalt rise up as the day star. (And thy life shall shine forth, like the noonday sun; and when thou thinkest thyself to be destroyed, thou shalt rise up like the day star.)
YLT
And above the noon doth age rise, Thou fliest -- as the morning thou art.
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