Grief Will Turn to Joy
John 16:22
In 9 translations
- BSB
- So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.
- KJV
- And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.
- WEB
- Therefore you now have sorrow, but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.
- ASV
- And ye therefore now have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one taketh away from you.
- LSV
- And you, therefore, now indeed have sorrow; and again I will see you, and your heart will rejoice, and no one takes your joy from you,
- YLT
- 'And ye, therefore, now, indeed, have sorrow; and again I will see you, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one doth take from you,
- DBY
- And ye now therefore have grief; but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one takes from you.
- DRC
- So also you now indeed have sorrow; but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice; and your joy no man shall take from you.
- GNV
- And ye nowe therefore are in sorowe: but I will see you againe, and your hearts shall reioyce, and your ioy shall no man take from you.
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Greek has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read αἴρει (“do take”); Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἀρεῖ (“will take”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
- Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place νῦν elsewhere in this verse.
- Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place μὲν elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (2)
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- SBLGNT: νῦν μὲν λύπην. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read νῦν μὲν λύπην; Robinson–Pierpont read λύπην μὲν νῦν.
- SBLGNT: αἴρει. Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read αἴρει; Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles read ἀρεῖ.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- καὶ ὑμεῖς οὖν νῦν μὲν λύπην ἔχετε· πάλιν δὲ ὄψομαι ὑμᾶς, καὶ χαρήσεται ὑμῶν ἡ καρδία, καὶ τὴν χαρὰν ὑμῶν οὐδεὶς αἴρει ἀφʼ ὑμῶν.
- RP2018
- Καὶ ὑμεῖς οὖν λύπην μὲν νῦν ἔχετε· πάλιν δὲ ὄψομαι ὑμᾶς, καὶ χαρήσεται ὑμῶν ἡ καρδία, καὶ τὴν χαρὰν ὑμῶν οὐδεὶς αἴρει ἀφ’ ὑμῶν.
- TR-Boyd
- Καὶ ὑμεῖς οὖν λύπην μὲν νῦν ἔχετε· πάλιν δὲ ὄψομαι ὑμᾶς, καὶ χαρήσεται ὑμῶν ἡ καρδία, καὶ τὴν χαρὰν ὑμῶν οὐδεὶς αἴρει ἀφ᾿ ὑμῶν.
- SCR1894
- και υμεις ουν λυπην μεν νυν εχετε παλιν δε οψομαι υμας και χαρησεται υμων η καρδια και την χαραν υμων ουδεις αιρει αφ υμων
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- 1 Peter 1:8Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy,
- Acts 13:52And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.
- John 16:6Instead, your hearts are filled with sorrow because I have told you these things.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:16Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who by grace has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope,
- Psalms 146:2I will praise the LORD all my life; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.
- 1 Peter 4:13–14But rejoice that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed at the revelation of His glory. If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God…
- Isaiah 25:9And in that day it will be said, “Surely this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He has saved us. This is the LORD for whom we have waited. Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation.”
- Acts 16:25About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.
- Habakkuk 3:17–18Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold and no cattle are in the stalls, yet I will exult in…
- Isaiah 12:2–4Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.” With joy you will draw water from the springs of salvation, and on that day…
- Acts 2:46With one accord they continued to meet daily in the temple courts and to break bread from house to house, sharing their meals with gladness and sincerity of heart,
- Hebrews 6:18Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.
- Acts 5:41The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name.
- Isaiah 65:13–14Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “My servants will eat, but you will go hungry; My servants will drink, but you will go thirsty; My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame. My servants will shout…
- Hebrews 10:34You sympathized with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, knowing that you yourselves had a better and permanent possession.
- Isaiah 51:11–12So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee. “I, even I, am He who comforts you. Why should…
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