Job 11:16

In 11 translations

BSB

For you will forget your misery, recalling it only as waters gone by.

KJV

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

WEB

for you will forget your misery. You will remember it like waters that have passed away.

ASV

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

LSV

For you forget misery, || As waters passed away you remember.

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

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

GNV

But thou shalt forget thy miserie, and remember it as waters that are past.

JPS

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

LXXE

And thou shalt forget trouble, as a wave that has passed by; and thou shalt not be scared.

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Original-language editions

WLC

כִּי־אַ֭תָּה עָמָ֣ל תִּשְׁכָּ֑ח כְּמַ֖יִם עָבְר֣וּ תִזְכֹּֽר׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ τὸν κόπον ἐπιλήσῃ, ὥσπερ κῦμα παρελθὸν, καὶ οὐ πτοηθήσῃ·

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• Isaiah 65:16Whoever invokes a blessing in the land will do so by the God of truth, and whoever takes an oath in the land will swear by the God of truth. For the former troubles will be forgotten and hidden from My sight.
• Ecclesiastes 5:20For a man seldom considers the days of his life, because God keeps him occupied with the joy of his heart.
• Isaiah 54:4Do not be afraid, for you will not be put to shame; do not be intimidated, for you will not be humiliated. For you will forget the shame of your youth and will remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.
• Isaiah 54:9“For to Me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you or rebuke you.
• John 16:21A woman has pain in childbirth because her time has come; but when she brings forth her child, she forgets her anguish because of her joy that a child has been born into the world.
• Isaiah 12:1–2In that day you will say: “O LORD, I will praise You. Although You were angry with me, Your anger has turned away, and You have comforted me. Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD…
• Revelation 7:14–17“Sir,” I answered, “you know.” So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. For this reason, they are before…
• Genesis 41:51Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father’s household.”
• Genesis 9:11And I establish My covenant with you: Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.”
• Job 22:11it is so dark you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.
• Job 6:15But my brothers are as faithless as wadis, as seasonal streams that overflow,
• Proverbs 31:7Let him drink and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.

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