Job 11:16
And you shall forget trouble, as a wave that has passed by; and you shall not be scared.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:
In Context
17And your prayer shall be as the morning star, and life shall arise to you as from the noonday.
Cross References
Genesis 41:51And Joseph called the name of the firstborn, Manasse; for God, said he, has made me forget all my toils, and all + 41:51 Gr. things belong to my father. my father's house.
Job 22:11The light has proved darkness to you, and water has covered you on your lying down.
Isaiah 54:4Fear not, because you have been put to shame, neither be confounded, because you were reproached: for you shall forget your + 54:4 Gr. ancient Or. everlasting former shame, and shall no more at all remember the reproach of your widowhood.
Isaiah 65:16which shall be blessed on the earth; for they shall bless the true God: and they that swear upon the earth shall swear by the true God; for they shall forget the former affliction, it shall not come into their mind.
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 →