When he is quiet, who can condemn? When he hides his face, who can behold him? Whether nation or person, it is the same—
John 16:22 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 So you have pain now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So for the present you are also in sorrow (in distress and depressed); but I will see you again and [then] your hearts will rejoice, and no one can take from you your joy (gladness, delight). American Standard Version (1901) And ye therefore now have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one taketh away from you. Common English Bible In the same way, you have sorrow now; but I will see you again, and you will be overjoyed. No one takes away your joy. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, you also, indeed, have sorrow now. But I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice. And no one will take away your joy from you. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version So also you now indeed have sorrow; but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice; and your joy no man shall take from you. |
When he is quiet, who can condemn? When he hides his face, who can behold him? Whether nation or person, it is the same—
I will praise the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God all my life long.
It will be said on that day, “See, this is our God; we have waited for him, so that he might save us. This is the Lord for whom we have waited; let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.”
They shall come and sing aloud on the height of Zion, and they shall be radiant over the goodness of the Lord, over the grain, the wine, and the oil, and over the young of the flock and the herd; their life shall become like a watered garden, and they shall never languish again.
So they left the tomb quickly with fear and great joy and ran to tell his disciples.
but few things are needed—indeed only one. Mary has chosen the better part, which will not be taken away from her.”
But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things and Lazarus in like manner evil things, but now he is comforted here, and you are in agony.
‘I tell you, to all those who have, more will be given, but from those who have nothing, even what they have will be taken away.
Yet for all their joy they were still disbelieving and wondering, and he said to them, “Have you anything here to eat?”
“Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.
In a little while the world will no longer see me, but you will see me; because I live, you also will live.
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid.
“A little while, and you will no longer see me, and again a little while, and you will see me.”
Very truly, I tell you, you will weep and mourn, but the world will rejoice; you will have pain, but your pain will turn into joy.
But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your hearts.
That disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his outer garment, for he had taken it off, and jumped into the sea.
but those who drink of the water that I will give them will never be thirsty. The water that I will give will become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life.”
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
Day by day, as they spent much time together in the temple, they broke bread at home and ate their food with glad and generous hearts,
As they left the council, they rejoiced that they were considered worthy to suffer dishonor for the sake of the name.
as sorrowful yet always rejoicing, as poor yet making many rich, as having nothing and yet possessing everything.
Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and through grace gave us eternal comfort and good hope,
For you had compassion for those who were in prison, and you cheerfully accepted the plundering of your possessions, knowing that you yourselves possessed something better and more lasting.
so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible that God would prove false, we who have taken refuge might be strongly encouraged to seize the hope set before us.
Although you have not seen him, you love him, and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy,