Job 16:22
For the yeeres accounted come, and I shall go the way, whence I shall not returne.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 pleade with God, as man with his neighbour!
Cross References
Job 14:5Are not his dayes determined? the nober of his moneths are with thee: thou hast appointed his boundes, which he can not passe.
Job 14:14If a man die, shall he liue againe? All the dayes of mine appointed time will I waite, till my changing shall come.
Ecclesiastes 12:5Also they shalbe afraide of the hie thing, and feare shalbe in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grassehopper shall be a burden, and concupiscence shall be driuen away: for man goeth to the house of his age, and the mourners goe about in the streete.
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 →