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The Book of Job, Chapter 11, Verse 17

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Because thou shalt forget [thy] misery, [and] remember [it] as waters [that] pass away:
King James Version
And [thine] age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
American Standard Version
And [thy] life shall be clearer than the noonday; Though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning.
New English Translation
And life will be brighter than the noonday; though there be darkness, it will be like the morning.
World English Bible
Life shall be clearer than the noonday. Though there is darkness, it shall be as the morning.
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And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig [about thee, and] thou shalt take thy rest in safety.
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Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make [thee] afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.
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But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope [shall be as] the giving up of the ghost.
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And Job answered and said,
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No doubt but ye [are] the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
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But I have understanding as well as you; I [am] not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
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I am [as] one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright [man is] laughed to scorn.
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He that is ready to slip with [his] feet [is as] a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
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The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth [abundantly].
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But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: