Job 11:16

What does Job 11:16 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 11:16 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

For thou shalt forget thy misery; Thou shalt remember it as waters that are passed away,

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

For thou shalt forget thy misery; Thou shalt remember it as waters that are passed away,

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

For your sorrow will go from your memory, like waters flowing away:

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

For thou dost forget misery, As waters passed away thou rememberest.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Thou shalt also forget misery, and remember it only as waters that are passed away.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

For thou shalt forget misery; as waters that are passed away shalt thou remember it;

Context

v.15Surely then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; Yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:

v.16This passage

v.17Andthylife shall be clearer than the noonday; Though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Genesis 9:11

    And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of the flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.

  • Ecclesiastes 5:20

    For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.

  • Proverbs 31:7

    Let him drink, and forget his poverty, And remember his misery no more.

  • Job 6:15

    My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, As the channel of brooks that pass away;

  • John 16:21

    A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but when she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for the joy that a man is born into the world.

  • Isaiah 54:4

    Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth; and the reproach of thy widowhood shalt thou remember no more.

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