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Job 11:16 KJV
Job · chapter 11 · verse 16
Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:Job 11:16 · King James Version
Job 11:16 in context
14If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
15For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:
16Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:
17And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday: thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
18And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- rememberzâkarproperly, to markH2142 →
- forgetshâkachto mislayH7911 →
- miseryʻâmâltoilH5999 →
- watersmayimwaterH4325 →
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Zophar, as the other two, here encourages Job to hope for better times if he would but come to a better temper. I. He gives him good counsel (Job 11:13, Job 11:14), as Eliphaz did (Job 5:8), and Bildad, Job 8:5. He would have him repent and return to God. Observe the steps of that return. 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 13-20