Job 16:22
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For when only a few years are past I will go the way of no return.”
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BSBPD
“For when only a few years are past I will go the way of no return.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“For when a few years are come, I shall go the way whence I shall not return.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“When a few years do come, Then a path I return not do I go.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Job 16:22 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 7:9As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so he who goes down to Sheol does not come back up.
- Job 14:5Since his days are determined and the number of his months is with You, and since You have set limits that he cannot exceed,
- Job 14:10But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last, and where is he?
- Job 14:14When a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait, until my renewal comes.
- Job 17:1“My spirit is broken; my days are extinguished; the grave awaits me.
- Ecclesiastes 12:5when men fear the heights and dangers of the road, when the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper loses its spring, and the caper berry shrivels— for then man goes to his eternal home and mourners walk the streets.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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