Job 16:22
For when a few years shall have passed, I shall go the way whence I shall not return.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.
In Context
21O that one might contend for a man with God, As a man contendeth with his neighbor!
Cross References
Job 14:5Seeing that his days are determined, And the number of his months, with thee, And that thou hast appointed him bounds which he cannot pass,
Job 14:14If a man die, can he live again? All the days of my war-service would I wait, Till my change should come.
Ecclesiastes 12:5when also they are afraid of that which is high, and terrors are in the way, and the almond is despised, and the locust is a burden, and the caper-berry is powerless; since man goeth to his eternal home, and the mourners go about the streets;—
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 →