Job 16:22
What does Job 16:22 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 16:22 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000For when a few years are come, I shall go the way whence I shall not return.
KJV
King James Version · 1611When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901For when a few years are come, I shall go the way whence I shall not return.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949For in a short time I will take the journey from which I will not come back.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862When a few years do come, Then a path I return not do I go.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And O that a man might so be judged with God, as the son of man is judged with his companion!
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890For years [few] in number shall pass, — and I shall go the way [whence] I shall not return.
Context
v.21That he would maintain the right of a man with God, And of a son of man with his neighbor!
v.22This passage
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 14:5
Seeing his days are determined, The number of his months is with thee, And thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
- Job 14:14
If a man die, shall he liveagain? All the days of my warfare would I wait, Till my release should come.
- Job 7:9
As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away, So he that goeth down to Sheol shall come up no more.
- Job 14:10
But man dieth, and is laid low: Yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
- Ecclesiastes 12:5
yea, they shall be afraid of that which is high, and terrors shall be in the way; and the almond-tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goeth to his everlasting home, and the mourners go about the streets:
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