John 16:20
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.This verse in the real world
In what words
- θρηνέωthrēnéōto bewail
- λύπηlýpēsadness
- λυπέωlypéōto distress; reflexively or passively, to be sad
- κλαίωklaíōto sob, i.e. wail aloud (whereas 1145 is rather to cry silently)
- χαίρωchaírōto be "cheer"ful, i.e. calmly happy or well-off; impersonally, especially as salutation (o
- ἀμήνamḗnproperly, firm, i.e. (figuratively) trustworthy; adverbially, surely (often as interjectio
- κόσμοςkósmosorderly arrangement, i.e. decoration; by implication, the world (in a wide or narrow sense
- ὑμεῖςhymeîsyou (as subjective of verb)
+9 more words in this verse
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Jas 1:2, Mat 5:4, Rev 7:14–17, Psa 126:5–6, Mrk 16:10, Jer 31:25, 2Co 6:10, 1Pe 1:6–8