John 16:20

¹⁸ They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? we cannot tell what he saith.

¹⁹ Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto them, Do ye enquire among yourselves of that I said, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me?

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.

²¹ A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.

²² 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.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.
KJV: 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.
WEB: 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.
ASV: 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.
DARBY: 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.
BLB: Truly, truly, I say to you⁺ that you⁺ will weep and will lament, but the world will rejoice. You⁺ will be grieved, but your⁺ grief will turn to joy.

ÅB: Sannelig, sannelig sier jeg dere: Dere skal gråte og jamre dere, men verden skal glede segdere skal ha sorg, men deres sorg skal bli til glede.
OTB: Sannelig, sannelig sier jeg dere: Dere skal gråte og klage, mens verden gleder seg. Dere skal sørge, men deres sorg skal bli til glede.
B1930: Sannelig, sannelig sier jeg eder: I skal gråte og jamre eder, men verden skal glede sig; I skal ha sorg, men eders sorg skal bli til glede.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

James 1:2
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
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Matthew 5:4
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
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Revelation 7:14–17
And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
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Psalms 126:5–6
They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
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Mark 16:10
And she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept.
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2 Corinthians 6:10
As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
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Jeremiah 31:25
For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.
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1 Peter 1:6–8
Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
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