Job 16:22
And O that a man might so be judged with God, as the son of man is judged with his companion!
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.
In Context
21My friends are full of words: my eye poureth out tears to God.
23For behold short years pass away and I am walking in a path by which l shall not return.
Cross References
Job 14:5The days of man are short, and the number of his months is with thee: thou hast appointed his bounds which cannot be passed.
Job 14:14Shall man that is dead, thinkest thou, live again? all the days in which I am now in warfare, I expect until my change come.
Ecclesiastes 12:5And they shall fear high things, and they shall be afraid in the way, the almond tree shall flourish, the locust shall be made fat, and the caper tree shall be destroyed: because man shall go into the house of his eternity, and the mourners shall go round about in the street.
Matthew Henry on Job 16:18-22
Testimony of Conscience; Job's Comfort in Conscious Integrity. ( b. c. 1520.) 17 Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure. 18 O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place. 19 Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high. 20 My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God. 21 O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour! 22 When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return. Job's… Read the whole commentary →