KJV King James Version
Because thou shalt forget [thy] misery, [and] remember [it] as waters [that] pass away:
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Job 11:16
Because thou shalt forget [thy] misery, [and] remember [it] as waters [that] pass away:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
For you will forget your misery, recalling it only as waters gone by.
WEB World English Bible
for you shall forget your misery. You shall remember it as waters that are passed away.
ASV American Standard Version
For thou shalt forget thy misery; Thou shalt remember it as waters that are passed away,
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
For thou dost forget misery, As waters passed away thou rememberest.
Surrounding context — Job 11
13 If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
14 If iniquity [be] in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
15 For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:
16 Because thou shalt forget [thy] misery, [and] remember [it] as waters [that] pass away:
17 And [thine] age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
18 And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig [about thee, and] thou shalt take thy rest in safety.
19 Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make [thee] afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.
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Isaiah 65:16That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes.Ecclesiastes 5:20For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth [him] in the joy of his heart.Isaiah 54:9For this [is as] the waters of Noah unto me: for [as] I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.Isaiah 54:4Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.John 16:21A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.Isaiah 12:1-2And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.Revelation 7:14-17And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.Genesis 41:51And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, [said he], hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.Proverbs 31:7Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.Job 6:15My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, [and] as the stream of brooks they pass away;Job 22:11Or darkness, [that] thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.Genesis 9:11And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
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