Job 11:16

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

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Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Isa 65:16 : 16 so 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.
Eccl 5:20 : 20 For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth [him] in the joy of his heart.
Isa 12:1-2 : 1 And in that day thou shalt say, I will give thanks unto thee, O Jehovah; for though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away and thou comfortest me. 2 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for Jehovah, [even] Jehovah, is my strength and song; and he is become my salvation.
Isa 54:4 : 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.
Isa 54:9 : 9 For this is [as] the waters of Noah unto me; for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah shall no more go over the earth, so have I sworn that I will not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.
Gen 9:11 : 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.
Gen 41:51 : 51 And Joseph called the name of the first-born Manasseh: For, [said he], God hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.
Job 6:15 : 15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, As the channel of brooks that pass away;
Job 22:11 : 11 Or darkness, so that thou canst not see, And abundance of waters cover thee.
Prov 31:7 : 7 Let him drink, and forget his poverty, And remember his misery no more.
John 16:21 : 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.
Rev 7:14-17 : 14 And I say unto him, My lord, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they that come out of the great tribulation, and they washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 15 Therefore {G5124} are they before the throne of God; and they serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall spread his tabernacle over them. 16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun strike upon them, nor any heat: 17 for the Lamb that is in the midst of the throne shall be their shepherd, and shall guide them unto fountains of waters of life: and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Job 11:17-19
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17And [thy] life shall be clearer than the noonday; Though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning.
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15Surely then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; Yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:
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7Let him drink, and forget his poverty, And remember his misery no more.
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17And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace; I forgat prosperity.
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11Or darkness, so that thou canst not see, And abundance of waters cover thee.
Eccl 11:8-10
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8Yea, if a man live many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.
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10Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.
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27If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will put off my [sad] countenance, and be of good cheer;
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Isa 43:18
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18Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.
Isa 17:10-11
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10For thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength; therefore thou plantest pleasant plants, and settest it with strange slips.
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20Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, [And] forsake us so long time?
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19The waters wear the stones; The overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth: So thou destroyest the hope of man.
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Job 28:4
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Eccl 12:1-2
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1Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
2before the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars, are darkened, and the clouds return after the rain;
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