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it will be like water flowing away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/11.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />You will forget your misery; you will remember it as waters that have passed away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/11.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />For you will forget your misery, recalling it only as waters gone by.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/11.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Because thou shalt forget <i>thy</i> misery, <i>and</i> remember <i>it</i> as waters <i>that</i> pass away:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/11.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Because you would forget <i>your</i> misery, And remember <i>it</i> as waters <i>that have</i> passed away,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/11.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“For you would forget <i>your</i> trouble; Like waters that have passed by, you would remember <i>it.</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/11.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220For you would forget your trouble, As waters that have passed by, you would remember it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/11.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“For you would forget <i>your</i> trouble, As waters that have passed by, you would remember <i>it.</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/11.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />For you would forget <i>your</i> trouble, As waters that pass by, so you would remember <i>it</i>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/11.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“For you would forget your trouble; You would remember it as waters that have passed by.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/11.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For you will forget your suffering, recalling it only as water that has flowed by.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/11.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For you will forget your suffering, recalling it only as waters that have flowed by. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/11.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For thou shalt forget thy misery; Thou shalt remember it as waters that are passed away,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/11.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Your troubles will go away like water beneath a bridge, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/11.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For thou shalt forget thy misery; thou shalt remember it as waters that are passed away:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/11.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />[Then] you will forget your misery and remember it like water that has flowed downstream.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/11.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Then all your troubles will fade from your memory, like floods that are past and remembered no more. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/11.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />You'll forget your suffering; you'll remember it like water that has evaporated. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/11.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />For you will forget your misery, recalling it only as waters gone by.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/11.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />For you will forget your trouble; you will remember it like water that has flowed away. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/11.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />for you shall forget your misery. You shall remember it as waters that are passed away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/11.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/11.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />for you will forget your misery. You will remember it like waters that have passed away. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/11.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />For you forget misery, "" As waters passed away you remember.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/11.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> For thou dost forget misery, As waters passed away thou rememberest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/11.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For thou shalt forget toil, then shalt remember as waters they passed away.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/11.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Thou shalt also forget misery, and remember it only as waters that are passed away. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/11.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Misery, likewise, you would forget, or would remember only like waters that have passed by.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/11.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />For then you shall forget your misery, like water that has ebbed away you shall regard it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/11.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />You will forget your misery; you will remember it as waters that have passed away.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/11.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Because you shall forget your misery, and you shall be led like running water;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/11.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And then you shall forget your misery, and like running water you shall be led away<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/11.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />For thou shalt forget thy misery; Thou shalt remember it as waters that are passed away;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/11.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And thou shalt forget trouble, as a wave that has passed by; and thou shalt not be scared.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/11-16.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=1732" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/11.htm">Zophar Rebukes Job</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">15</span>then indeed you will lift up your face without shame; you will stand firm and unafraid. <span class="reftext">16</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: ’at·tāh (Pro-2ms) -- You (masc. sing.). ">you</a> <a href="/hebrew/7911.htm" title="7911: tiš·kāḥ (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To forget. Or shakeach; a primitive root; to mislay, i.e. To be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention.">will forget</a> <a href="/hebrew/5999.htm" title="5999: ‘ā·māl (N-ms) -- Trouble, labor, toil. From amal; toil, i.e. Wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. Of body or mind.">your misery,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2142.htm" title="2142: ṯiz·kōr (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- Remember. A primitive root; properly, to mark, i.e. To remember; by implication, to mention; also to be male.">recalling</a> <a href="/hebrew/4325.htm" title="4325: kə·ma·yim (Prep-k:: N-mp) -- Waters, water. Dual of a primitive noun; water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen.">it only as waters</a> <a href="/hebrew/5674.htm" title="5674: ‘ā·ḇə·rū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To pass over, through, or by, pass on. A primitive root; to cross over; used very widely of any transition; specifically, to cover.">gone by.</a> </span><span class="reftext">17</span>Your life will be brighter than noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/65-16.htm">Isaiah 65:16</a></span><br />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 former troubles will be forgotten and hidden from My sight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/43-18.htm">Isaiah 43:18-19</a></span><br />“Do not call to mind the former things; pay no attention to the things of old. / Behold, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness and streams in the desert.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/philippians/3-13.htm">Philippians 3:13-14</a></span><br />Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, / I press on toward the goal to win the prize of God’s heavenly calling in Christ Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-17.htm">2 Corinthians 5:17</a></span><br />Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/54-4.htm">Isaiah 54:4</a></span><br />Do not be afraid, for you will not be put to shame; do not be intimidated, for you will not be humiliated. For you will forget the shame of your youth and will remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/21-4.htm">Revelation 21:4</a></span><br />‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’ and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/30-5.htm">Psalm 30:5</a></span><br />For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/3-31.htm">Lamentations 3:31-33</a></span><br />For the Lord will not cast us off forever. / Even if He causes grief, He will show compassion according to His abundant loving devotion. / For He does not willingly afflict or grieve the sons of men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-18.htm">Romans 8:18</a></span><br />I consider that our present sufferings are not comparable to the glory that will be revealed in us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/5-10.htm">1 Peter 5:10</a></span><br />And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore you, secure you, strengthen you, and establish you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/25-8.htm">Isaiah 25:8</a></span><br />He will swallow up death forever. The Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from every face and remove the disgrace of His people from the whole earth. For the LORD has spoken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/126-5.htm">Psalm 126:5-6</a></span><br />Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy. / He who goes out weeping, bearing a trail of seed, will surely return with shouts of joy, carrying sheaves of grain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/16-20.htm">John 16:20-22</a></span><br />Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy. / A woman has pain in childbirth because her time has come; but when she brings forth her child, she forgets her anguish because of her joy that a child has been born into the world. / So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-17.htm">2 Corinthians 4:17-18</a></span><br />For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison. / So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/35-10.htm">Isaiah 35:10</a></span><br />So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Because you shall forget your misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:</p><p class="hdg">Because</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/41-51.htm">Genesis 41:51</a></b></br> And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, <i>said he</i>, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/31-7.htm">Proverbs 31:7</a></b></br> Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ecclesiastes/5-20.htm">Ecclesiastes 5:20</a></b></br> For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth <i>him</i> in the joy of his heart.</p><p class="hdg">as waters</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/6-15.htm">Job 6:15</a></b></br> My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, <i>and</i> as the stream of brooks they pass away;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/9-11.htm">Genesis 9:11</a></b></br> And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/12-1.htm">Isaiah 12:1,2</a></b></br> And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezra/8-15.htm">Flowing</a> <a href="/job/9-27.htm">Forget</a> <a href="/esther/9-28.htm">Memory</a> <a href="/job/10-15.htm">Misery</a> <a href="/job/9-26.htm">Passed</a> <a href="/2_timothy/1-4.htm">Recalling</a> <a href="/job/10-9.htm">Remember</a> <a href="/hebrews/2-6.htm">Rememberest</a> <a href="/job/6-10.htm">Sorrow</a> <a href="/job/11-15.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/job/10-15.htm">Trouble</a> <a href="/job/5-10.htm">Waters</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/20-17.htm">Flowing</a> <a href="/job/24-20.htm">Forget</a> <a href="/job/14-13.htm">Memory</a> <a href="/job/15-35.htm">Misery</a> <a href="/job/15-19.htm">Passed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/29-16.htm">Recalling</a> <a href="/job/14-13.htm">Remember</a> <a href="/psalms/8-4.htm">Rememberest</a> <a href="/job/17-7.htm">Sorrow</a> <a href="/job/13-3.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/job/12-5.htm">Trouble</a> <a href="/job/12-15.htm">Waters</a><div class="vheading2">Job 11</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/11-1.htm">Zophar reproves Job for justifying himself</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/11-5.htm">God's wisdom is unsearchable</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/11-13.htm">The assured blessing of repentance</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/11.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/11.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>For you will forget your misery</b><br>This phrase suggests a future hope and restoration, a common theme in the wisdom literature of the Bible. The idea of forgetting misery is tied to the belief in God's justice and eventual deliverance. In the context of Job, this statement is part of Zophar's speech, where he encourages Job to repent and promises that his suffering will be forgotten. This reflects the cultural belief in retributive justice, where righteousness leads to blessing. Theologically, it points to the ultimate hope of redemption and restoration found in God, which is echoed in <a href="/revelation/21-4.htm">Revelation 21:4</a>, where God promises to wipe away every tear.<p><b>recalling it only as waters gone by</b><br>The imagery of "waters gone by" evokes the transient nature of suffering. In the ancient Near Eastern context, water often symbolizes chaos and trouble, but here it is used to illustrate the passing of hardship. This metaphor suggests that just as a river flows past and is no longer seen, so too will Job's suffering become a distant memory. This can be connected to <a href="/isaiah/43-18.htm">Isaiah 43:18-19</a>, where God encourages His people to forget the former things and look forward to the new things He is doing. Theologically, it can be seen as a type of the peace and renewal found in Christ, who offers living water that quenches all spiritual thirst (<a href="/john/4-14.htm">John 4:14</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>A man described as blameless and upright, who feared God and shunned evil. He is the central figure in the Book of Job, experiencing intense suffering and loss.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/z/zophar_the_naamathite.htm">Zophar the Naamathite</a></b><br>One of Job's three friends who visit him to offer counsel. Zophar is the speaker in <a href="/bsb/job/11.htm">Job 11</a>, urging Job to repent and suggesting that his suffering is due to sin.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_land_of_uz.htm">The Land of Uz</a></b><br>The setting of the Book of Job, traditionally considered to be in the region of Edom or northern Arabia.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/job's_suffering.htm">Job's Suffering</a></b><br>The series of calamities that befall Job, including the loss of his children, wealth, and health, which set the stage for the dialogues between Job and his friends.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_dialogue.htm">The Dialogue</a></b><br>The ongoing conversation between Job and his friends, where they debate the reasons for Job's suffering and the nature of God's justice.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_transience_of_suffering.htm">The Transience of Suffering</a></b><br>Suffering, though intense, is temporary and will eventually be forgotten like "waters gone by."<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_restoration.htm">Hope in Restoration</a></b><br>Believers can have hope that God will restore and heal, turning past miseries into distant memories.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_perspective.htm">The Importance of Perspective</a></b><br>Maintaining a long-term perspective helps in enduring present trials, focusing on God's promises of future joy and peace.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_renewal.htm">Repentance and Renewal</a></b><br>Zophar's call to repentance, though misapplied to Job, reminds us of the importance of examining our lives and seeking God's forgiveness and renewal.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_sovereignty.htm">Trust in God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>Trusting in God's ultimate plan and sovereignty can provide comfort and assurance during times of distress.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_11.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 11</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_job_16_11_suggest_god_delivers_innocents.htm">In Job 16:11, why would a just God 'deliver' the innocent to the ungodly, contradicting passages that promise divine protection?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_job_38_16_mention_sea_springs.htm">Why does Job 38:16 assume the existence of 'springs of the sea,' given that deep-sea hydrothermal vents were only discovered relatively recently?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_sheol_and_abaddon_align_today.htm">Proverbs 15:11: How do ancient concepts of Sheol and Abaddon align with modern historical or archaeological findings on the afterlife?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_bible's_view_on_social_action.htm">What does the Bible say about social action?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/11.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 16.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Because thou shalt forget thy misery</span>. All thy past misery shall be clean swept away from thy remembrance, because of the happy condition whereto thou shalt be raised (see vers. 18, 19). "Sorrow's memory" is not always "a sorrow still." <span class="cmt_word">And remember it as waters that pass away</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> remember it no more than a man remembers the shower that has passed away or the pool that is dried up. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/11-16.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">For</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּי־</span> <span class="translit">(kî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you</span><br /><span class="heb">אַ֭תָּה</span> <span class="translit">(’at·tāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> </span><span class="str2">Thou and thee, ye and you</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will forget</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּשְׁכָּ֑ח</span> <span class="translit">(tiš·kāḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7911.htm">Strong's 7911: </a> </span><span class="str2">To mislay, to be oblivious of, from want of memory, attention</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[your] misery,</span><br /><span class="heb">עָמָ֣ל</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·māl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5999.htm">Strong's 5999: </a> </span><span class="str2">Toil, wearing effort, worry, wheth, of body, mind</span><br /><br /><span class="word">recalling</span><br /><span class="heb">תִזְכֹּֽר׃</span> <span class="translit">(ṯiz·kōr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2142.htm">Strong's 2142: </a> </span><span class="str2">To mark, to remember, to mention, to be male</span><br /><br /><span class="word">it only as waters</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּמַ֖יִם</span> <span class="translit">(kə·ma·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4325.htm">Strong's 4325: </a> </span><span class="str2">Water, juice, urine, semen</span><br /><br /><span class="word">gone by.</span><br /><span class="heb">עָבְר֣וּ</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·ḇə·rū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5674.htm">Strong's 5674: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pass over, through, or by, pass on</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/11-16.htm">Job 11:16 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/11-16.htm">Job 11:16 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/11-16.htm">Job 11:16 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/11-16.htm">Job 11:16 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/11-16.htm">Job 11:16 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/11-16.htm">Job 11:16 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/11-16.htm">Job 11:16 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/11-16.htm">Job 11:16 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/11-16.htm">Job 11:16 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/11-16.htm">Job 11:16 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/11-16.htm">OT Poetry: Job 11:16 For you shall forget your misery (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/11-15.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 11:15"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 11:15" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/11-17.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 11:17"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 11:17" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>