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Job 11:16

Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:
Job 11:16 · King James Version

In other versions

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

    ASV

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

    BBE

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

    DBY

  • For you shall forget your misery; You shall remember it as waters that are passed away,

    WEB

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

    YLT

  • Because you shall forget your misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:

    ENG

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

    WBT

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

    BSB

In context

14If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.

15For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:

16Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:

17And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday: thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.

18And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.

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