Job 11:16
For thou shalt forget thy misery, Or remember it as waters that have passed away.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:
In Context
15Then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; Yea, thou shalt be steadfast, and have no fear.
Cross References
Job 22:11Or darkness, through which thou canst not see, And floods of water cover thee.
Ecclesiastes 5:20For he will not much remember the days of his life; for God answereth him with the joy of his heart.
Isaiah 54:4Fear not, for thou shalt not be confounded; Blush not, for thou shalt not be put to shame. For thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, And the reproach of thy widowhood thou shalt remember no more.
Isaiah 65:16Whoso blesseth himself in the land Shall bless by the true God; And he that sweareth in the land shall swear by the true God; For the former troubles are forgotten, And they are hid from mine eyes.
Revelation 7:14And I said to him, My lord, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they who come out of the great tribulation, and they washed their robes and made them white in 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 →