Job 16:22

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!

When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
For when only a few years are past I will go the way of no return.
KJV
When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.
WEB
For when a few years have come, I will go the way of no return.
ASV
For when a few years are come, I shall go the way whence I shall not return.
DARBY
For years [few] in number shall pass, and I shall go the way [whence] I shall not return.
BLB
For the years of [my] number have come, and the path of no return I shall walk.
ÅB
for få år vil det gå før jeg vandrer den vei som jeg ikke vender tilbake.
[^1]: d.e. med tomme ord.
[^2]: mine fiender, JBS 16, 11.
[^3]: d.e. oppgitt min makt og høyhet.
[^4]: JES 26, 21. 1MO 4, 10.
OTB
For etter noen få år har gått,
skal jeg gå veien uten retur.
B1930
for få år vil det gå før jeg vandrer den vei som jeg ikke vender tilbake.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Job 14:10

    But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?

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  • Job 14:14

    If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.

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  • Job 7:9–10

    As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.

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  • Job 14:5

    Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

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  • Ecclesiastes 12:5

    Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:

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