Job 11:16
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Thou shalt also forget misery, and remember it only as waters that are passed away.

Because

Genesis 41:51 And he called the name of the firstborn Manasses, saying: God hath made me to forget all my labours, and my father's house.

Proverbs 31:7 Let them drink, and forget their want, and remember their sorrow no more.

Ecclesiastes 5:20 For he shall not much remember the days of his life, because God entertaineth his heart with delight.

Isaiah 54:4 Fear not, for thou shalt not be confounded, nor blush: for thou shalt not be put to shame, because thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt remember no more the reproach of thy widowhood.

Isaiah 65:16 In which he that is blessed upon the earth, shall be blessed in God, amen: and he that sweareth in the earth, shall swear by God, amen: because the former distresses are forgotten, and because they are hid from my eyes.

John 16:21 A woman, when she is in labour, hath sorrow, because her hour is come; but when she hath brought forth the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.

Revelation 7:14-17 And I said to him: My Lord, thou knowest. And he said to me: These are they who are come out of great tribulation and have washed their robes and have made them white in the blood of the Lamb. . . .

as waters

Job 6:15 My brethren have passed by me, as the torrent that passeth swiftly in the valleys.

Genesis 9:11 I will establish my covenant with you, and all flesh shall be no more destroyed with the waters of a flood, neither shall there be from henceforth a flood to waste the earth.

Isaiah 12:1,2 And thou shalt say in that day: I will give thanks to thee, O Lord, for thou wast angry with me: thy wrath is turned away, and thou hast comforted me. . . .

Isaiah 54:9 This thing is to me as in the days of Noe, to whom I swore, that I would no more bring in the waters of Noe upon the earth: so have I sworn not to be angry with thee, and not to rebuke thee.

Context
Zophar Rebukes Job
15Then mayst thou lift up thy face without spot, and thou shalt be steadfast, and shalt not fear. 16Thou shalt also forget misery, and remember it only as waters that are passed away.17And brightness like that of the noonday, shall arise to thee at evening: and when thou shalt think thyself consumed, thou shalt rise as the day star.…
Cross References
Job 22:11
And didst thou think that thou shouldst not see darkness, and that thou shouldst not be covered with the violence of overflowing waters?

Isaiah 65:16
In which he that is blessed upon the earth, shall be blessed in God, amen: and he that sweareth in the earth, shall swear by God, amen: because the former distresses are forgotten, and because they are hid from my eyes.

Lexicon
For
כִּי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

you
אַ֭תָּה (’at·tāh)
Pronoun - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

will forget
תִּשְׁכָּ֑ח (tiš·kāḥ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7911: To mislay, to be oblivious of, from want of memory, attention

[your] misery,
עָמָ֣ל (‘ā·māl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5999: Toil, wearing effort, worry, wheth, of body, mind

recalling
תִזְכֹּֽר׃ (ṯiz·kōr)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2142: To mark, to remember, to mention, to be male

it only as waters
כְּמַ֖יִם (kə·ma·yim)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

gone by.
עָבְר֣וּ (‘ā·ḇə·rū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 5674: To pass over, through, or by, pass on


Additional Translations
For you will forget your misery, recalling it only as waters gone by.Because you shall forget your misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:

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

And thou shalt forget trouble, as a wave that has passed by; and thou shalt not be scared.

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

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

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

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

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