Job 11:17

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 11:17

Job 11:17. And thine age shall be clearer than the noon-day The remainder of thy life in this world shall be more glorious than the sun at noon. Hebrew, יקים , jakum, shall arise above the noon-day, or above the sun at noon-day, when it is at its greatest height, as well as in its greatest glory. Thou shalt shine forth Thy light shall arise out of obscurity, and thou shalt be prosperous and happy; thou shalt be as the morning Thy night of trouble shall certainly and speedily be... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Job 11:1-20

Zophar speaks (11:1-20)Angered at what he considers to be Job’s irreverent talk, Zophar can keep silent no longer (11:1-3). He rebukes Job for claiming to be an innocent victim of injustice, and asserts that if Job really suffered according to his sin, his suffering would be much worse (4-6). God’s wisdom is limitless and therefore his judgments must be true. People should neither oppose him nor expect to understand his ways (7-10). No one can deceive God, for he sees people as they really are.... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 11:17

age. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6 , for the things done in it. See below. Hebrew. heled, like Greek. aion. shine forth = soar or shoot upward like the rays of the rising sun. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 11:17

Job 11:17. Thine age shall be clearer than the noon-day— Thy continuance in this life shall be as the noon-day; thy darkness or thy present obscurity itself as the morning light. Houbigant and Schultens. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 11:17

17. age—days of life. the noon-day—namely, of thy former prosperity; which, in the poet's image, had gone on increasing, until it reached its height, as the sun rises higher and higher until it reaches the meridian ( :-). shine forth—rather, "though now in darkness, thou shall be as the morning"; or, "thy darkness (if any dark shade should arise on thee, it) shall be as the morning" (only the dullness of morning twilight, not nocturnal darkness) [UMBREIT]. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 11:1-20

5. Zophar’s first speech ch. 11Zophar took great offense at what Job had said. He responded viciously with an aggressiveness that outdid both Eliphaz and Bildad. Zophar was a dogmatist."He . . . attempted heavy handed shock treatment to get through to Job." [Note: Smick, "Job," p. 917.] "The Naamathite is the least engaging of Job’s three friends. There is not a breath of compassion in his speech. . . . His censorious chiding shows how little he has sensed Job’s hurt. Job’s bewilderment and his... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 11:13-20

Zophar’s appeal to Job 11:13-20Three steps would bring Job back to where he should be, said Zophar: repentance (Job 11:13), prayer (Job 11:13), and reformation (Job 11:14). He also painted the fruits of conversion for Job. These benefits were a clear conscience, faithfulness, and confidence (Job 11:15); forgetfulness of his troubles (Job 11:16); joy (Job 11:17); hope and rest (Job 11:18); and peace, popularity, and leadership (Job 11:19). Like Bildad, Zophar ended his first speech with a... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Job 11:1-20

The First Speech of ZopharThe speech is short and unsympathetic.1-6. Zophar rebukes Job for daring to assert his innocence.3. Thy lies] RV ’thy boastings,’ viz. Job’s assertions of innocence (Job 11:4). 6. That they are double, etc.] RV ’That it is manifold in effectual working.’ God exacteth, etc.] RM ’God remitteth unto thee of thine iniquity’; He does not bring np all Job’s guilt, which is greater than he is aware of. So far from the penalty being excessive, Job has not received all that he... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 11:17

(17) Thine age shall be clearer than the noonday.—Rather, there shall arise for thee a lifetime brighter than the noonday; thou shalt soar on high; thou shalt be like the morning, which is conceived of as having wings (Psalms 139:9). (Comp. Malachi 4:2, of the Sun of Righteousness.) This is how we understand the word rendered thou shalt shine forth. Many take it as a substantive, meaning darkness, in which case we must render, though there be darkness, thou shalt be as the morning. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Job 11:1-20

Job 11:1 ; Job 11:16 In her journal, Marie Bashkirtseff observes, of one of her girlish sorrows: 'There is one thing that troubles me; to think that in a few years I shall laugh at it all and have forgotten'. Two years later there is another entry: 'It's two years now, and I don't laugh at it, and I have not forgotten'. Job 11:6 Every fresh region man breaks into reveals new wonders, and with them new enigmas, calling upon him to solve them or perish. There is a special complication, a... read more

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