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Job 11:16

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “For you would forget [your] trouble, As waters that have passed by, you would remember [it].
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Because thou shalt forget [thy] misery, [and] remember [it] as waters [that] pass away:
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— For thou shalt forget thy misery; thou shalt remember it as waters that are passed away:
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— For thou shalt forget thy misery; Thou shalt remember it as waters that are passed away,
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Because thou shalt forget [thy] misery, [and] remember [it] as waters [that] pass away:
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— For thou shalt forget misery; as waters that are passed away shalt thou remember it;
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— For, now, shalt thou forget, sorrow, Like waters passed away, shalt thou remember it.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— For thou dost forget misery, As waters passed away thou rememberest.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Thou shalt also forget misery, and remember it only as waters that are passed away.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— But thou shalt forget thy miserie, and remember it as waters that are past.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Because thou shalt forget [thy] misery, and remember [it] as waters that passe away:
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Because you shall forget your misery, and you shall be led like running water;
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— And thou shalt forget trouble, as a wave that has passed by; and thou shalt not be scared.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Because thou shalt forget [thy] misery, [and] remember [it] as waters [that] pass away:

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Because x3588
(3588) Complement
כִּי
kiy
{kee}
A primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed.
thou x859
(0859) Complement
אַתָּה
'attah
{at-taw'}
A primitive pronoun of the second person; thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you.
shalt forget 7911
{7911} Prime
שָׁכַח
shakach
{shaw-kakh'}
A primitive root; to mislay, that is, to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention.
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
[thy] misery, 5999
{5999} Prime
עָמָל
`amal
{aw-mawl'}
From H5998; toil, that is, wearing effort; hence worry, whether of body or mind.
[and] remember 2142
{2142} Prime
זָכַר
zakar
{zaw-kar'}
A primitive root; properly to mark (so as to be recognized), that is, to remember; by implication to mention; also (as denominative from H2145) to be male.
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
[it] as waters 4325
{4325} Prime
מַיִם
mayim
{mah'-yim}
Dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense); water; figuratively juice; by euphemism urine, semen.
[that] pass away: 5674
{5674} Prime
עָבַר
`abar
{aw-bar'}
A primitive root; to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literally or figuratively; transitively, intransitively, intensively or causatively); specifically to cover (in copulation).
z8804
<8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 12562
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Job 11:16

_ _ Just as when the stream runs dry (Job 6:17), the danger threatened by its wild waves is forgotten (Isaiah 65:16) [Umbreit].

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Job 11:13-20.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Job 11:16

As waters — Thou shalt remember it no more, than men remember a land — flood, which as it comes, so it goes away suddenly.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
Because:

Genesis 41:51 And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, [said he], hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.
Proverbs 31:7 Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
Ecclesiastes 5:20 For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth [him] in the joy of his heart.
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 shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.
Isaiah 65:16 That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes.
John 16:21 A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.
Revelation 7:14-17 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. ... For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.

as waters:

Job 6:15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, [and] as the stream of brooks they pass away;
Genesis 9:11 And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
Isaiah 12:1-2 And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me. ... Behold, God [is] my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH [is] my strength and [my] song; he also is become my salvation.
Isaiah 54:9 For this [is as] the waters of Noah unto me: for [as] I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Gn 9:11; 41:51. Jb 6:15. Pv 31:7. Ec 5:20. Is 12:1; 54:4, 9; 65:16. Jn 16:21. Rv 7:14.

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