Job 11:17

"for you will forget your misery. You will remember it like waters that have passed away."

Key Reflection

In Job 11:17, the passage suggests that despite current suffering, a time of relief and clarity will come where the memory of present hardships is as fleeting as water passing by. This implies that enduring trials are temporary and that lasting hope lies beyond them, offering eventual peace and understanding.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

And thine age -Thy life. This does not mean old age, but the idea is, that his life would be cheerful and happy. Clearer than the noon-day -Margin, “Arise above the noon-day.” The margin is a literal rendering; but the sense is clear in the text. The idea is, that the remainder of his life would be bright as the sun if he would return to God. Thou shalt shine forth -Or rather, “thou art now in darkness, but thou shalt be as the morning.” The word used here -תעפהtā‛upâhis fromעוּף‛ûph, to cover - as with wings, to fly, to cover with darkness.

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