Verse 16
Job 11:16
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
16
Thou shalt also forget misery, and remember it only as waters that are passed away.
Original Language Text
hebrew
כִּי אַ֭תָּה עָמָ֣ל תִּשְׁכָּ֑ח כְּ/מַ֖יִם עָבְר֣וּ תִזְכֹּֽר
English Translation
For you have labored, you will forget; like water they passed, you will remember.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
Done.
Sign in to save notes and annotations.
Chapter 11 Context
1
Then Sophar the Naamathite answered, and said:
Focus ↗
2
Shall not he that speaketh much, hear also? or shall a man full of talk be justified?
Focus ↗
3
Shall men hold their peace to thee only? and when thou hast mocked others, shall no man confute thee...
Focus ↗
4
For thou hast said: My word is pure, and I am clean in thy sight.
Focus ↗
5
And I wish that God (Elohim) would speak with thee, and would open his lips to thee,
Focus ↗
6
That he might shew thee the secrets of wisdom, and that his law is manifold, and thou mightest under...
Focus ↗
7
Peradventure thou wilt comprehend the steps of God (Elohim), and wilt find out the Almighty perfectl...
Focus ↗
8
He is higher than heaven, and what wilt thou do ? he is deeper than hell, and how wilt thou know?
Focus ↗
9
The measure of him is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
Focus ↗
10
If he shall overturn all things, or shall press them together, who shall contradict him?
Focus ↗
11
For he knoweth the vanity of men, and when he seeth iniquity, doth he not consider it?
Focus ↗
12
A vain man is lifted up into pride, and thinketh himself born free like a wild ass's colt.
Focus ↗
13
Rut thou hast hardened thy heart, and hast spread thy hands to him.
Focus ↗
14
If thou wilt put away from thee the iniquity that is in thy hand, and lot not injustice remain in th...
Focus ↗
15
Then mayst thou lift up thy face without spot, and thou shalt be steadfast, and shalt not fear.
Focus ↗
16
Thou shalt also forget misery, and remember it only as waters that are passed away.
17
And brightness like that of the noonday, shall arise to thee at evening: and when thou shalt think t...
Focus ↗
18
And thou shalt have confidence, hope being set before thee, and being buried thou shalt sleep secure...
Focus ↗
19
Thou shalt rest, and there shall be none to make thee afraid: and many shall entreat thy face.
Focus ↗
20
But the eyes of the wicked shall decay, and the way to escape shall fail them, and their hope the ab...
Focus ↗