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 · 2000For thou shalt forget thy misery; Thou shalt remember it as waters that are passed away,
KJV
King James Version · 1611Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901For thou shalt forget thy misery; Thou shalt remember it as waters that are passed away,
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949For your sorrow will go from your memory, like waters flowing away:
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862For thou dost forget misery, As waters passed away thou rememberest.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Thou shalt also forget misery, and remember it only as waters that are passed away.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890For thou shalt forget misery; as waters that are passed away shalt thou remember it;
Context
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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