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Sorrow Like a Passing Flood
Commentators highlight the powerful imagery of misery being remembered "as waters that are passed away." Like a flood that has receded or a river that has flowed by, past sorrows will become a distant memory, never to return. This illustrates the complete and final nature of the restoration God can bring, turning even the memory of past pain into a peaceful reminder of deliverance.
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Albert Barnes
On Job 11:16
18th Century
Theologian
And remember it as waters that pass away - As a calamity that has completely passed, or that has rolled on and will return no more. The comp…
Charles Spurgeon
On Job 11:13–18
19th Century
Preacher
It is a great mercy when God enables people to pursue their daily callings, and to take their nightly rest in safety; and it is a still greater mer…
John Gill
On Job 11:16
17th Century
Pastor
Because you shall forget [your] misery
Former afflictions and distresses; having an abundance of prosperity and happiness, and…
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Matthew Henry
On Job 11:13–20
17th Century
Minister
Zophar exhorts Job to repentance and gives him encouragement, yet mixed with hard thoughts of him. He thought that worldly prosperity was always th…