Job 11:16
for you will forget your misery. You will remember it like waters that have passed away.
World English Bible Catholic
In The King James Version
Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:
In Context
15Surely then you will lift up your face without spot. Yes, you will be steadfast, and will not fear,
17Life will be clearer than the noonday. Though there is darkness, it will be as the morning.
Cross References
Genesis 41:51Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, “For”, he said, “God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.”
Job 22:11or darkness, so that you can not see, and floods of waters cover you.
Ecclesiastes 5:20For he shall not often reflect on the days of his life, because God occupies him with the joy of his heart.
Isaiah 54:4“Don’t be afraid, for you will not be ashamed. Don’t be confounded, for you will not be disappointed. For you will forget the shame of your youth. You will remember the reproach of your widowhood no more.
Isaiah 65:16so that he who blesses himself on the earth will bless himself in the God of truth; and he who swears on the earth will swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hidden from my eyes.
Revelation 7:14I told him, “My lord, you know.” He said to me, “These are those who came out of the great suffering. They washed their robes and made them white in the Lamb’s blood.
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 →