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Job 11:16

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

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כִּיkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…אַ֭תָּהatahtheeאַתָּהpronoun, personal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “thee”H859thou and thee, or (plural) ye and youthee, thou, ye, you.עָמָ֣לamaltoilעָמָלnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “toil”, the ordinary formH5999toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mindgrievance(-vousness), iniquity, labour, mischief, miserable(-sery), pain(-ful), perverseness, sorrow, toil, travail, trouble, wearisome, wickedness.תִּשְׁכָּ֑חtishkachforgetשָׁכַחverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “forget”, an unfinished actionH7911to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention[idiom] at all, (cause to) forget.כְּמַ֖יִםkemayimas waterמַיִםpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “as water”, the ordinary formH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).עָבְר֣וּavervalienateעָבַרverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “alienate”, a completed actionH5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)alienate, alter, [idiom] at all, beyond, bring (over, through), carry over, (over-) come (on, over), conduct (over), convey over, current, deliver, do away, enter, escape, fail, gender, get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by, forth, his way…תִזְכֹּֽרtizkorbe maleזָכַרverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “be male”, an unfinished actionH2142properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male[idiom] burn (incense), [idiom] earnestly, be male, (make) mention (of), be mindful, recount, record(-er), remember, make to be remembered, bring (call, come, keep, put) to (in) remembrance, [idiom] still, think on, [idiom] well.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

for you will forget your misery. You will remember it like waters that have passed away.

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

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

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

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

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ τὸν κόπον ἐπιλήσῃ, ὥσπερ κῦμα παρελθὸν, καὶ οὐ πτοηθήσῃ·