Job 11:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

📖 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

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

• 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 So that he who blesses himself in the earth shall bless himself by the God of truth; and he who swears in the earth shall swear by the God of truth, because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hidden from my eyes.
• Eccl 5:20 : 20 For he will not much remember the days of his life because God keeps him occupied with the joy of his heart.
• Isa 12:1-2 : 1 And in that day you shall say, O LORD, I will praise you: though you were angry with me, your anger is turned away, and you comforted me. 2 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also has become my salvation.
• Isa 54:4 : 4 Fear not; for you shall not be ashamed: neither be you confounded; for you shall not be put to shame: for you shall forget the shame of your youth, and shall not remember the reproach of your widowhood anymore.
• Isa 54:9 : 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 angry with you, nor rebuke you.
• Gen 9:11 : 11 And I will establish my covenant with you; never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.
• Gen 41:51 : 51 Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, For God, he said, has made me forget all my toil and all my father's house.
• Job 6:15 : 15 My brothers have dealt deceitfully like a brook, like the streams of brooks that pass away,
• Job 22:11 : 11 Or darkness, that you cannot see; and an abundance of waters covers you.
• 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 labor, has sorrow because her hour has come: but as soon as she has delivered the child, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a man has been born into the world.
• Rev 7:14-17 : 14 And I said to him, Sir, you know. And he said to me, These are those who came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 15 Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve Him day and night in His temple; and He who sits on the throne shall dwell among them. 16 They shall neither hunger anymore nor thirst anymore; neither shall the sun strike them, nor any heat. 17 For the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will shepherd them and will lead them to living fountains of waters; and God will wipe away all tears from their eyes.