Job 11:16

Because thou wilt truly forget thy trouble, and as a waterflood that is passed away wilt thou remember it;

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:

In Context

15For then canst thou lift up thy face free from blemish: yea, thou wilt stand steadfast, and needest not to fear;

17And brighter than the noon of day will thy earthly existence arise; and thy obscurity will be like thy morning.

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Cross References

Genesis 41:51And Joseph called the name of the first-born Menasseh: For God [said he] hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.

Job 22:11Or seest thou not the darkness? and the abundance of water which covereth thee?

Ecclesiastes 5:20(5:19) Let him then remember, that the days of his life are not many, that God hath answered him with the joy of his heart.

Isaiah 54:4Fear not, for thou shalt not be made ashamed; and be not confounded, for thou shalt not be put to the blush; for the shame of thy youth shalt thou forget, and the reproach of thy widowhood shalt thou not remember any more.

Isaiah 65:16Whoever there be that blesseth himself on the earth shall bless himself by the true God; and that sweareth on the earth shall swear by the true God; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hidden from my 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 →

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