Job 11:16
For, now, shalt thou forget, sorrow, Like waters passed away, shalt thou remember it.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:
In Context
15Surely, then, shalt thou lift up thy face free from blemish, and shalt be established, and not fear.
17Above high noon, shall rise life’s continuance, Darkness, like a morning, shall appear,
Cross References
Genesis 41:51And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh,—For God hath made me forget all my trouble, and all the house of my father.
Job 22:11Or darkness—thou canst not see, and, a flood of waters, covereth thee.
Ecclesiastes 5:20Though it be not much, let him remember the days of his life,—for, God, beareth witness, by the gladness of his heart.
Isaiah 54:4Do not fear for thou shalt not turn pale, Neither feel disgraced 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 remember no more;
Isaiah 65:16So that he who blesseth himself in the earth, Will bless himself in the God of faithfulness, And he who sweareth in the earth Will swear by the God of faithfulness—Because the former troubles have been forgotten, and Because they are hid from mine eyes.
Revelation 7:14And I at once said to him—My lord! thou, knowest! And he said unto 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 →