John 16:20 “Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoi…”

John 16:20

Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

Most certainly I tell you that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Verely, verely I say vnto you, that ye shall weepe and lament, and the worlde shall reioyce: and ye shall sorowe, but your sorowe shalbe turned to ioye.

Darby Translation

Verily, verily, I say to you, that ye shall weep and lament, ye, but the world shall rejoice; and ye will be grieved, but your grief shall be turned to joy.

Young's Literal Translation

verily, verily, I say to you, that ye shall weep and lament, and the world will rejoice; and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow joy will become.

Bible in Basic English

Truly I say to you, You will be weeping and sorrowing, but the world will be glad: you will be sad, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.

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Cross references

“That”

Mark 16:10 Luke 24:21 Luke 24:17 John 16:6 John 16:33 Mark 14:72

Mark 16:10 · BSB

She went and told those who had been with Him, who were mourning and weeping.

Luke 24:21 · BSB

But we were hoping He was the One who would redeem Israel. And besides all this, it is the third day since these things took place.

Luke 24:17 · BSB

He asked them, “What are you discussing so intently as you walk along?” They stood still, with sadness on their faces.

John 16:6 · BSB

Instead, your hearts are filled with sorrow because I have told you these things.

John 16:33 · BSB

I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!”

Mark 14:72 · BSB

And immediately the rooster crowed a second time. Then Peter remembered the word that Jesus had spoken to him: “Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.” And he broke down and wept.

“but the”

Job 20:5 Revelation 11:10 Revelation 18:7 Matthew 27:39–44 Matthew 27:62–66 Matthew 21:38

Job 20:5 · BSB

the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?

Revelation 11:10 · BSB

And those who dwell on the earth will gloat over them and celebrate and send one another gifts, because these two prophets had tormented them.

Revelation 18:7 · BSB

As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen; I am not a widow and will never see grief.’

Matthew 27:39–44 · BSB

And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads

Matthew 27:62–66 · BSB

The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and Pharisees assembled before Pilate.

Matthew 21:38 · BSB

But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take his inheritance.’

“your”

James 1:2 Matthew 5:4 Revelation 7:14–17 Jeremiah 31:25 2 Corinthians 6:10 1 Peter 1:6–8

James 1:2 · BSB

Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds,

Matthew 5:4 · BSB

Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.

Revelation 7:14–17 · BSB

“Sir,” I answered, “you know.” So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

Jeremiah 31:25 · BSB

for I will refresh the weary soul and replenish all who are weak.”

2 Corinthians 6:10 · BSB

sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.

1 Peter 1:6–8 · BSB

In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in various trials

Also

Luke 23:27 John 20:20

Luke 23:27 · BSB

A great number of people followed Him, including women who kept mourning and wailing for Him.

John 20:20 · BSB

After He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

19Aware that they wanted to question Him, Jesus said to them, “Are you asking one another why I said, ‘In a little while you will not see Me, and then after a little while you will see Me’?

21A woman has pain in childbirth because her time has come; but when she brings forth her child, she forgets her anguish because of her joy that a child has been born into the world.

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