Job 16:22
When, a few years, come, then, by a path by which I shall not return, shall I depart.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.
In Context
21That one might plead, for a man, with GOD,—Even a son of man, for his friend!
Cross References
Job 14:5If determined am his days, the number of his months, is with thee, Fixed times for him, thou hast appointed and he cannot go beyond.
Job 14:14If a man die, can he live again? All the days of my warfare, would I wait, until my relief should come:—
Ecclesiastes 12:5Yea, at what is high, they be in fear, and there be, terrors, in the way, and the almond be rejected, and the grasshopper drag itself along, and desire perish,—for man is going to his age-abiding home, when the wailers shall go round in 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 →