17And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
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Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward. …
And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.
But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark: …
Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 13-20)Zophar, as the other two, here encourages Job to hope for better times if he would but come to a better temper. I. He gives him good counsel ( Job 11:13 , 14 ), as Eliphaz did (Job 5:8), and Bildad, Job 8:5. He would have him repent and return to God. Observe the steps of that return. 1. He must look within, and get his mind changed and the tree made good. He must prepare his heart ; there the wor…
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