Job 16:22

KJV1611 – Modern English

When a few years come, then I shall go the way from which 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

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  For only a few years will come, and the path I take will never return.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  For when a few{H4557} years{H8141} are come,{H857} I shall go{H1980} the way{H734} whence I shall not return.{H7725}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  When a few{H4557} years{H8141} are come{H857}{(H8799)}, then I shall go{H1980}{(H8799)} the way{H734} whence I shall not return{H7725}{(H8799)}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  yet the nombre of my yeares are come, & I must go the waye, from whence I shal not turne agayne.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For the yeeres accounted come, and I shal go the way, whence I shall not returne.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Yet the number of my yeres is come, and the way that I must go is at hand, from whence I shall not turne againe.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For when a few years are come, I shall go the way from whence I shall not return.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  When a few years do come, Then a path I return not do I go.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For when a few years are come, I shall go the way whence I shall not return.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For when a few years are come, I shall go the way whence I shall not return.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For in a short time I will take the journey from which I will not come back.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For when a few years are come, I shall go the way of no return.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For the years that lie ahead are few, and then I will go on the way of no return.

Referenced Verses

• Job 14:10 : 10 But man dies and wastes away; yes, man gives up the spirit, and where is he?
• Job 14:14 : 14 If a man dies, shall he live again? All the days of my appointed time I will wait, till my change comes.
• Eccl 12:5 : 5 Also when they are afraid of what is high, and fears are in the way, and the almond tree blossoms, and the grasshopper is a burden, and desire fails: because man goes to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets.
• Job 7:9-9 : 9 As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away, so he who goes down to the grave shall come up no more. 10 He shall return no more to his house, nor shall his place know him anymore.
• Job 14:5 : 5 Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months is with You; You have appointed his limits that he cannot pass;