Job 11:16

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

For you will forget your trouble, remembering it only as water that has passed by.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּי־אַ֭תָּה עָמָ֣ל תִּשְׁכָּ֑ח כְּמַ֖יִם עָבְר֣וּ תִזְכֹּֽר׃

Transliteration

ki-ʾattah ʿamal tiškāḥ kə-mayim ʿavəru tizkōr

Grammar Details

• *ki*: conjunction - for/because
• *ʾattah*: pronoun 2nd masculine singular - you
• *ʿamal*: noun masculine singular - trouble/misery
• *tiškāḥ*: qal imperfect 2nd masculine singular - you will forget
• *kə-mayim*: preposition + noun masculine plural - as waters
• *ʿavəru*: qal perfect 3rd common plural - they have passed
• *tizkōr*: qal imperfect 2nd masculine singular - you will remember

Word Meanings

• *ʿamal*: trouble/misery/toil/labor
• *tiškāḥ*: forget/ignore/cease to care
• *mayim*: waters/water
• *ʿavəru*: passed by/flowed away/gone by
• *tizkōr*: remember/recall/call to mind

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV1611 – Modern English

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

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  For thou shalt forget{H7911} thy misery;{H5999} Thou shalt remember{H2142} it as waters{H4325} that are passed away,{H5674}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Because thou shalt forget{H7911}{(H8799)} thy misery{H5999}, and remember{H2142}{(H8799)} it as waters{H4325} that pass away{H5674}{(H8804)}:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Then shuldest thou forget thy misery, and thynke nomore vpon it, then vpon the waters that runne by.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But thou shalt forget thy miserie, and remember it as waters that are past.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Then shouldest thou forget thy miserie, and thinke no more vpon it, then vpon the waters that runne by.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

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

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

• World English Bible (2000)

  for you shall forget your misery. You shall remember it as waters that are passed away.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For you will forget your trouble; you will remember it like water that has flowed away.

Referenced Verses

• Isa 65:16 : 16 Whoever invokes a blessing in the land will do so by the God of truth, and whoever takes an oath in the land will swear by the God of truth. For the past troubles will be forgotten and hidden from my eyes.
• John 16:21 : 21 When a woman is in labor, she has sorrow because her time has come. But when she has given birth to the child, she no longer remembers the suffering because of the joy that a human being has been born into the world.
• Rev 7:14-17 : 14 I said to him, 'Sir, you know.' And he said to me, 'These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.' 15 For this reason, they are before the throne of God, and they serve him day and night in his temple. The one who sits on the throne will spread his shelter over them. 16 They will no longer hunger or thirst, nor will the sun beat down on them, nor any scorching heat. 17 For the Lamb at the center of the throne will shepherd them. He will lead them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.
• Gen 9:11 : 11 I establish My covenant with you: Never again will all flesh be destroyed by the waters of a flood, and never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.
• Gen 41:51 : 51 Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying, 'God has made me forget all my hardship and my father’s household.'
• Job 6:15 : 15 My brothers have acted deceitfully, like a wadi, like streams that flow away.
• Job 22:11 : 11 It is so dark you cannot see, and a flood of waters covers you.
• Prov 31:7 : 7 Let them drink and forget their poverty and no longer remember their hardship.
• Isa 12:1-2 : 1 On that day, you will say, "I will praise you, LORD, for even though you were angry with me, your anger has turned away, and you have comforted me." 2 Behold, God is my salvation! I will trust and not be afraid, for the LORD, the LORD Himself, is my strength and my song; He has become my salvation.
• Isa 54:4 : 4 Do not be afraid, for you will not be put to shame; do not be humiliated, for you will not be disgraced. Instead, you will forget the shame of your youth, and you will no longer remember the reproach of your widowhood.
• Isa 54:9 : 9 To me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So I have sworn not to be angry with you or rebuke you.