John 16:20 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²⁰ Verily, verily, I say unto you, that ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, that you shall weep and grieve, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ Verily, verily, I say unto you, that ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.

Common English Bible

²⁰ I assure you that you will cry and lament, and the world will be happy. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn into joy.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ Amen, amen, I say to you, that you shall mourn and weep, but the world will rejoice. And you shall be greatly saddened, yet your sorrow shall be turned into joy.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁰ Amen, amen I say to you, that you shall lament and weep, but the world shall rejoice; and you shall be made sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.

John 16:20 Cross References

Job 20:5

That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless but for a moment?

Psalm 30:11

Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing; Thou hast loosed my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness:

Psalm 30:5

For his anger is but for a moment; In his favour is life: Weeping may tarry for the night, But joy cometh in the morning.

Psalm 97:11

Light is sown for the righteous, And gladness for the upright in heart.

Isaiah 12:1

And in that day thou shalt say, I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD; for though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortest me.

Isaiah 61:3

to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.

Isaiah 66:5

Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word: Your brethren that hate you, that cast you out for my name's sake, have said, Let the LORD be glorified, that we may see your joy; but they shall be ashamed.

Jeremiah 31:25

For I have satiated the weary soul, and every sorrowful soul have I replenished.

Matthew 21:38

But the husbandmen, when they saw the son, said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and take his inheritance.

Matthew 5:4

Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

Mark 14:72

And straightway the second time the cock crew. And Peter called to mind the word, how that Jesus said unto him, Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. And when he thought thereon, he wept.

Mark 16:10

She went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept.

Luke 22:45

And when he rose up from his prayer, he came unto the disciples, and found them sleeping for sorrow,

Luke 22:62

And he went out, and wept bitterly.

Luke 23:27

And there followed him a great multitude of the people, and of women who bewailed and lamented him.

Luke 24:17

And he said unto them, What communications are these that ye have one with another, as ye walk? And they stood still, looking sad.

Luke 24:21

But we hoped that it was he which should redeem Israel. Yea and beside all this, it is now the third day since these things came to pass.

Luke 6:21

Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.

John 16:33

These things have I spoken unto you, that in me ye may have peace. In the world ye have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

John 16:6

But because I have spoken these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.

John 20:20

And when he had said this, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. The disciples therefore were glad, when they saw the Lord.

Acts 5:41

They therefore departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonour for the Name.

Romans 5:11

and not only so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.

2 Corinthians 6:10

as sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

Galatians 5:22

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

1 Thessalonians 1:6

And ye became imitators of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost;

James 1:2

Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into manifold temptations;

Jude 1:24

Now unto him that is able to guard you from stumbling, and to set you before the presence of his glory without blemish in exceeding joy,

Revelation 11:10

And they that dwell on the earth rejoice over them, and make merry; and they shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwell on the earth.

Revelation 18:7

How much soever she glorified herself, and waxed wanton, so much give her of torment and mourning: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall in no wise see mourning.