Job 16:22New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “For when a few years are past, I shall go the way of no return.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— When a few years are come, then I shall go the way [whence] I shall not return.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— For when a few years are come, I shall go the way whence I shall not return.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— For when a few years are come, I shall go the way whence I shall not return.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— When a few years are come, then I shall go the way [whence] I shall not return.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— For years [few] in number shall pass,—and I shall go the way [whence] I shall not return.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— When, a few years, come, then, by a path by which I shall not return, shall I depart.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— When a few years do come, Then a path I return not do I go.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— For behold short years pass away, and I am walking in a path by which I shall not return.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— For the yeeres accounted come, and I shal go the way, whence I shall not returne.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— When a few yeeres are come, then I shall goe the way [whence] I shall not returne.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— For the number of a man's years will come to an end; then he shall go the way from whence he shall not return.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— But my years are numbered and [their end] come, and I shall go by the way by which I shall not return.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— When a few years are come, then I shall go the way [whence] I shall not return. |
When
x3588 (3588) Complementכִּיkiy{kee}
A primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed.
a few
4557 {4557} Primeמִסְפָּרmicpar{mis-pawr'}
From H5608; a number, definitely (arithmetical) or indefinitely (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration.
years
8141 {8141} Primeשָׁנֵהshaneh{shaw-neh'}
(The first form being in plural only, the second form being feminine); from H8138; a year (as a revolution of time).
are come,
857 {0857} Primeאָתָה'athah{aw-thaw'}
A primitive root (collateral to H0225 contracted); to arrive.
z8799 <8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 19885
then I shall go
1980 {1980} Primeהָלַךְhalak{haw-lak'}
Akin to H3212; a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively).
z8799 <8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 19885
the way
734 {0734} Primeאֹרַח'orach{o'-rakh}
From H0732; a well trodden road (literally or figuratively); also a caravan.
[ whence] I shall not
x3808 (3808) Complementלֹאlo'{lo}
lo; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles.
return.
7725 {7725} Primeשׁוּבshuwb{shoob}
A primitive root; to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbially again.
z8799 <8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 19885 |
Job 16:22
_ _ few — literally, “years of number,” that is, few, opposed to numberless (Genesis 34:30). |
Job 16:22
Go — To the state and place of the dead, whence men cannot return to this life. The meaning is, my death hastens, and therefore I earnestly desire that the cause depending, between me and my friends, may be determined, that if I be guilty of these things, I may bear the shame of it before all men, and if I be innocent, that I may see my own integrity, and the credit of religion, (which suffers upon this occasion) vindicated. How very certainly, and how very shortly are we likewise to go this journey. |
- a few years:
- Heb. years of number,
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;
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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- whence:
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]. ... He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
Job 14:10 But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where [is] he?
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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