John 16:22

Bible in Basic English (1941)

So you have sorrow now: but I will see you again, and your hearts will be glad, and no one will take away your joy.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ὑμεῖς οὖν λύπην μὲν νῦν ἔχετε: πάλιν δὲ ὄψομαι ὑμᾶς, καὶ χαρήσεται ὑμῶν ἡ καρδία, καὶ τὴν χαρὰν ὑμῶν οὐδεὶς αἴρει ἀφʼ ὑμῶν.

Transliteration

And you oun lypēn men now echete: again but opsomai you, and charēsetai of you the kardia, and the charan of you no one airei aph' you.

Grammar Details

• Καὶ: conjunction - and
• ὑμεῖς: personal pronoun, nominative, plural - you
• *oun*: inferential conjunction - therefore
• *lypēn*: noun, accusative, feminine, singular - sorrow
• *men*: particle indicating contrast with following clause - indeed
• νῦν: adverb - now
• *echete*: present active indicative, 2nd person plural - you have
• πάλιν: adverb - again
• δὲ: contrastive particle - but
• *opsomai*: future middle indicative, 1st person singular - I will see
• ὑμᾶς: personal pronoun, accusative, plural - you
• καὶ: conjunction - and
• *charēsetai*: future passive indicative, 3rd person singular - will rejoice
• ὑμῶν: personal pronoun, genitive, plural - you
• ἡ: definite article, nominative, feminine, singular - the
• *kardia*: noun, nominative, feminine, singular - heart
• τὴν: definite article, accusative, feminine, singular - the
• *charan*: noun, accusative, feminine, singular - joy
• οὐδεὶς: pronoun, nominative, masculine, singular - no one
• *airei*: present active indicative, 3rd person singular - takes away
• ἀφʼ: preposition - from

Word Meanings

• *oun*: therefore/then/consequently
• *lypēn*: sorrow/grief/pain
• *men*: indeed/on the one hand (contrasted with *de* - 'but')
• *echete*: you have/you experience
• *opsomai*: I will see/I will behold
• *charēsetai*: will rejoice/will be glad
• *kardia*: heart/inner self/mind
• *charan*: joy/gladness
• *airei*: takes away/removes/lifts

Referenced Verses

• John 16:6 : 6 But your hearts are full of sorrow because I have said these things.
• 1 Pet 1:8 : 8 To whom your love is given, though you have not seen him; and the faith which you have in him, though you do not see him now, gives you joy greater than words and full of glory:
• Acts 13:52 : 52 And the disciples were full of joy and of the Holy Spirit.
• John 16:16 : 16 After a little time you will see me no longer; and then again, after a little time, you will see me.
• 1 Pet 4:13-14 : 13 But be glad that you are given a part in the pains of Christ; so that at the revelation of his glory you may have great joy. 14 If men say evil things of you because of the name of Christ, happy are you; for the Spirit of glory and of God is resting on you.
• Acts 2:46 : 46 And day by day, going in agreement together regularly to the Temple and, taking broken bread together in their houses, they took their food with joy and with true hearts,
• 2 Thess 2:16 : 16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who had love for us and has given us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,
• Heb 6:18 : 18 So that we, who have gone in flight from danger to the hope which has been put before us, may have a strong comfort in two unchanging things, in which it is not possible for God to be false;
• Heb 10:34 : 34 For you had pity on those who were in prison, and had joy in the loss of your property, in the knowledge that you still had a better property and one which you would keep for ever.
• Acts 5:41 : 41 So they went away from the Sanhedrin, happy to undergo shame for the Name.
• John 16:20 : 20 Truly I say to you, You will be weeping and sorrowing, but the world will be glad: you will be sad, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.
• John 20:19-20 : 19 At evening on that day, the first day of the week, when, for fear of the Jews, the doors were shut where the disciples were, Jesus came among them and said to them, May peace be with you! 20 And when he had said this, he let them see his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord.
• John 21:7 : 7 So the disciple who was dear to Jesus said to Peter, It is the Lord! Hearing that it was the Lord, Peter put his coat round him (because he was not clothed) and went into the sea.
• Acts 16:25 : 25 But about the middle of the night, Paul and Silas were making prayers and songs to God in the hearing of the prisoners;
• Acts 20:23-24 : 23 Only that the Holy Spirit makes clear to me in every town that prison and pains are waiting for me. 24 But I put no value on my life, if only at the end of it I may see the work complete which was given to me by the Lord Jesus, to be a witness of the good news of the grace of God.
• Rom 8:35-39 : 35 Who will come between us and the love of Christ? Will trouble, or pain, or cruel acts, or the need of food or of clothing, or danger, or the sword? 36 As it is said in the holy Writings, Because of you we are put to death every day; we are like sheep ready for destruction. 37 But we are able to overcome all these things and more through his love. 38 For I am certain that not death, or life, or angels, or rulers, or things present, or things to come, or powers, 39 Or things on high, or things under the earth, or anything which is made, will be able to come between us and the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
• 1 Thess 3:7-9 : 7 For this cause, brothers, in all our trouble and grief we were comforted about you because of your faith; 8 For it is life to us if you keep your faith in the Lord unchanged. 9 For how great is the praise which we give to God for you, and how great the joy with which we are glad because of you before our God;
• Job 34:29 : 29 ...
• Ps 146:2 : 2 While I have breath I will give praise to the Lord: I will make melody to my God while I have my being.
• Isa 12:2-4 : 2 See, God is my salvation; I will have faith in the Lord, without fear: for the Lord Jah is my strength and song; and he has become my salvation. 3 So with joy will you get water out of the springs of salvation. 4 And in that day you will say, Give praise to the Lord, let his name be honoured, give word of his doings among the peoples, say that his name is lifted up.
• Isa 25:9 : 9 And in that day it will be said, See, this is our God; we have been waiting for him, and he will be our saviour: this is the Lord in whom is our hope; we will be glad and have delight in his salvation.
• Isa 51:11-12 : 11 Those whom the Lord has made free will come back with songs to Zion; and on their heads will be eternal joy: delight and joy will be theirs, and sorrow and sounds of grief will be gone for ever. 12 I, even I, am your comforter: are you so poor in heart as to be in fear of man who will come to an end, and of the son of man who will be like grass?
• Isa 54:7-8 : 7 For a short time I gave you up; but with great mercies I will take you back again. 8 In overflowing wrath my face was veiled from you for a minute, but I will have pity on you for ever, says the Lord who takes up your cause.
• Isa 65:13-14 : 13 For this cause says the Lord God, My servants will have food, but you will be in need of food: my servants will have drink, but you will be dry: my servants will have joy, but you will be shamed: 14 My servants will make songs in the joy of their hearts, but you will be crying for sorrow, and making sounds of grief from a broken spirit.
• Isa 65:18-19 : 18 But men will be glad and have joy for ever in what I am making; for I am making Jerusalem a delight, and her people a joy. 19 And I will be glad over Jerusalem, and have joy in my people: and the voice of weeping will no longer be sounding in her, or the voice of grief.
• Isa 66:9-9 : 9 Will I by whom the birth was started, not make it complete? says the Lord. Will I who make children come to birth, let them be kept back? says your God. 10 Have joy with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all you her lovers: take part in her joy, all you who are sorrowing for her: 11 So that you may take of the comfort flowing from her breasts, and be delighted with the full measure of her glory. 12 For the Lord says, See, I will make her peace like a river, and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream, and she will take her children in her arms, gently caring for them on her knees. 13 As to one who is comforted by his mother, so will I give you comfort: and you will be comforted in Jerusalem. 14 And you will see it and your heart will be glad, and your bones will get new strength, like young grass: and the hand of the Lord will be seen at work for his servants, and his wrath against his haters.
• Hab 3:17-18 : 17 For though the fig-tree has no flowers, and there is no fruit on the vine, and work on the olive comes to nothing, and the fields give no food; and the flock is cut off from its resting-place, and there is no herd in the cattle-house: 18 Still, I will be glad in the Lord, my joy will be in the God of my salvation.
• Matt 28:8 : 8 And they went away quickly, with fear and great joy, to give his disciples the news.
• Luke 10:42 : 42 Little is needed, or even one thing only: for Mary has taken that good part, which will not be taken away from her.
• Luke 16:25 : 25 But Abraham said, Keep in mind, my son, that when you were living, you had your good things, while Lazarus had evil things: but now, he is comforted and you are in pain.
• Luke 19:26 : 26 And I say to you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.
• Luke 24:41 : 41 And because, for joy and wonder, they were still in doubt, he said to them, Have you any food here?
• Luke 24:51-53 : 51 And while he was doing so, he went from them and was taken up into heaven. 52 And they gave him worship and went back to Jerusalem with great joy. 53 And they were in the Temple at all times, giving praise to God.
• John 4:14 : 14 But whoever takes the water I give him will never be in need of drink again; for the water I give him will become in him a fountain of eternal life.
• John 14:1 : 1 Let not your heart be troubled: have faith in God and have faith in me.
• John 14:27 : 27 May peace be with you; my peace I give to you: I give it not as the world gives. Let not your heart be troubled; let it be without fear.