Job 16:22

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־שְׁנ֣וֹת מִסְפָּ֣ר יֶאֱתָ֑יוּ וְאֹ֖רַח לֹא־אָשׁ֣וּב אֶהֱלֹֽךְ׃

Transliteration

kî-šənôt mispār yeʾĕtāyû wə-ʾōraḥ lōʾ-ʾāšûb ʾehĕlōk

Grammar Details

*kî-šənôt*: conjunction + noun feminine plural construct - for years of
*mispār*: noun masculine singular - number
*yeʾĕtāyû*: Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - they will come
*wə-ʾōraḥ*: conjunction + noun common singular - and a path
*lōʾ-ʾāšûb*: negative particle + Qal imperfect 1st singular - I will not return
*ʾehĕlōk*: Qal imperfect 1st singular - I will walk

Word Meanings

*šənôt*: years
*mispār*: number, few, count
*yeʾĕtāyû*: to come, arrive
*ʾōraḥ*: way, path, road
*ʾāšûb*: to return, turn back
*ʾehĕlōk*: to go, walk, proceed

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 14:10 : 10 But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
Job 14:14 : 14 If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
Eccl 12:5 : 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:
Job 7:9-9 : 9 As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more. 10 He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
Job 14:5 : 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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