Job 11:16
For thou shalt forget thy misery; thou shalt remember it as waters that are passed away;
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 Joseph called the name of the first-born Manasseh: 'for God hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.'
Job 22:11Or darkness, that thou canst not see, and abundance of waters cover thee.
Ecclesiastes 5:20(5-19) For let him remember the days of his life that they are not many; for God answereth him in the joy of his heart.
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 the reproach of thy widowhood shalt thou remember no more.
Isaiah 65:16So that he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself by 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.
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 →