Job 11:16
You will forget your misery, remembering it only as water under the bridge.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:
In Context
15then you would be able to hold your head high in innocence, you will be firm and unafraid.
17Your life will shine brighter than the noonday sun; even darkness will be like the morning.
Cross References
Genesis 41:51Joseph named his firstborn Manasseh, because he said, “The Lord has made me forget all my troubles and all my father's family.”
Job 22:11That's why it's so dark you cannot see, and why you feel like you're drowning.
Ecclesiastes 5:20In fact such people have little time to think about life because God keeps them busy with all that makes them happy.
Isaiah 54:4Do not be afraid, for you won't be humiliated; don't be upset, for you won't be disgraced. You will forget about the shame of your youth, and you won't remember the embarrassment of your widowhood any longer.
Isaiah 65:16Whoever asks a blessing or takes an oath in the land will do so by the one true God, for I have forgotten the troubles of the past—I don't look on them anymore.
Revelation 7:14I replied, “My Lord, you know the answer.” He told me, “These are the ones who have passed through great persecution. They washed their robes, making them white through 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 →