16Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:
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That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes.
For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.
A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.
Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.
For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 13-20)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 , 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. He must look within, and get his mind changed and the tree made good. He must prepare his heart ; there the wor…
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