Job 11:16
Misery, likewise, you would forget, or would remember only like waters that have passed by.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 41:51And he called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, saying, “God has caused me to forget all my labors and the house of my father.”
Job 22:11And did you think that you would not see darkness and that you were not to be overwhelmed by the onrush of overflowing waters?
Isaiah 54:4Do not be afraid! For you will not be confounded, and you will not blush. And you will not be put to shame, because you shall forget the confusion of your youth, and you shall no longer remember the disgrace of your widowhood.
Isaiah 65:16By that name, whoever is blessed on earth, will be blessed in God. Amen! And whoever swears on earth, will swear by God. Amen! For the past anguishes have been delivered into oblivion, and they have been hidden from my eyes.
Revelation 7:14And I said to him, “My lord, you know.” And he said to me: “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation, and they have washed their robes and have made them white by the blood of the Lamb.
Matthew Henry on Job 11:14-20
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,… Read the whole commentary →