Job 16:22
But my years are numbered and their end come, 1 And I shall go by the way by which I shall not return.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.
In Context
21Oh that a man might plead before the Lord, 1 Even as the son of man with his neighbor! 1
Cross References
Job 14:5If even his life should be but one day upon the earth: 1 And his months are numbered by him: 1 Thou hast appointed him for a time, and he shall by no means exceed it. 1
Job 14:14For if a man should die, shall he live again, 1 Having accomplished the days of his life? 1 I will wait till I exist again? 1
Ecclesiastes 12:5And they shall look up, and fears shall be in the way, 1 And the almond tree shall blossom, 1 And the locust shall increase, 1 And the caper shall be scattered: 1 Because man has gone to his eternal home, 1 And the mourners have gone about the market: 1
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 →