John 16:22

Therefore, you have agmat nefesh (grief) now, + 16:22 Jer 31:12 but again I will see you, and your levavot will have rejoicing + 16:22 Isa 66:14 TARGUM HASHIVIM and the simcha of you no one takes from you.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.

In Context

21The isha (woman) when she gives birth, has agmat nefesh (grief), + 16:21 Isa 13:8; 21:3; 26:17; Mic 4:9; Hos 13:13 because the sha'ah (hour, time) of her has come. But when she gives birth to the yeled, she no longer has zikaron of the Tribulation because of the naches that an ish was born into the Olam Hazeh.

23And on that day you will not ask me anything. Omein, omein, I say to you, whatever you ask HaAv b'Shem of me, He will give it to you.

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Cross References

Psalms 146:2While I live will I praise Hashem: 1 I will sing praise unto Elohai while I have any being. 1

Isaiah 25:9And it shall be said in Yom HaHu, 1 Hinei, this is Eloheinu; 1 we have waited for Him, and He will save us; 1 this is Hashem; we have waited for Him, 1 we will be glad and have simcha in His Yeshu'ah (Salvation). 1

Isaiah 54:7For a rega katon (small moment) have I abandoned thee; 1 but with rachamim gedolim will I gather thee back. 1

Isaiah 65:18But be ye glad and rejoice forever 1 in that which I create; 1 for, hinei, I create Yerushalayim a rejoicing, 1 and her people a joy. 1

Habakkuk 3:17Although the etz te'enah shall not blossom, 1 neither shall grape be on the gefen; 1 the labor of the olive shall fail, 1 and the fields shall yield no okhel; 1 the tzon shall be cut off from the fold, 1 and there shall be no herd in the stalls; 1

Luke 10:42But one is necessary. For Miryam chose HaTov which will not be taken away from her.

Matthew Henry on John 16:17-23

Christ's Departure and Return; Sorrow and Joy Foretold. 16 A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father. 17 Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me: and, Because I go to the Father? 18 They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? we cannot tell what he saith. 19 Now Jesus knew that they were… Read the whole commentary →

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