Job 16:22
For in a few short years I shall go down that road from which I shall not return.”
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.
In Context
21I want my witness to speak for me with God as someone does for their friend.
Cross References
Job 14:5You have determined how long we shall live—the number of months, a time limit on our lives.
Job 14:14Will the dead live again? Then I would have hope through all my time of trouble until my release comes.
Ecclesiastes 12:5Before you develop a fear of heights and worry about going out on the streets; when the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper crawls along, and desire fails, for everyone has to go to their eternal home as the mourners go up and down 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 →