KJV King James Version
Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
John 16:20
Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.
WEB World English Bible
Most certainly I tell you, that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.
ASV American Standard Version
Verily, verily, I say unto you, that ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
verily, verily, I say to you, that ye shall weep and lament, and the world will rejoice; and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow joy will become.
Surrounding context — John 16
17 Then said [some] of his disciples among themselves, What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me: and, Because I go to the Father?
18 They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? we cannot tell what he saith.
19 Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto them, Do ye inquire among yourselves of that I said, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me?
20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.
21 A 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.
22 And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.
23 And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give [it] you.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ἈμὴνG281 · amēnamenἀμὴνG281 · amēnamenλέγωG3004 · legōto sayὑμῖνG4771 · suyouὅτιG3754 · hotithat/since: thatκλαύσετεG2799 · klaiōto weepκαὶG2532 · kaiandθρηνήσετεG2354 · thrēneōto lamentὑμεῖς,G4771 · suyouὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoδὲG1161 · dethenκόσμοςG2889 · kosmosworldχαρήσεται·G5463 · chairōto rejoiceὑμεῖςG4771 · suyouλυπηθήσεσθε,G3076 · lupeōto grieveἀλλ᾽G235 · allabutἡG3588 · hothe/this/whoλύπηG3077 · lupēgriefὑμῶνG4771 · suyouεἰςG1519 · eistowardχαρὰνG5479 · charajoyγενήσεται.G1096 · ginomaito be
Cross-references
James 1:2My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;Matthew 5:4Blessed [are] they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.Psalm 126:5-6They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.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.Mark 16:10[And] she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept.2 Corinthians 6:10As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and [yet] possessing all things.1 Peter 1:6-8Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:Jeremiah 31:25For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.Psalm 30:5For his anger [endureth but] a moment; in his favour [is] life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy [cometh] in the morning.Luke 24:21But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things were done.Psalm 30:11Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;Jude 1:24Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present [you] faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,Romans 5:11And not only [so], but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.Luke 24:17And he said unto them, What manner of communications [are] these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad?Galatians 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,Romans 5:2-3By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.Isaiah 61:3To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.Luke 23:27And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him.
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