Job 16:22

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 14:10 : 10 But man dies and is powerless; he expires– and where is he?
  • Job 14:14 : 14 If a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait until my release comes.
  • Eccl 12:5 : 5 and they are afraid of heights and the dangers in the street; the almond blossoms grow white, and the grasshopper drags itself along, and the caper berry shrivels up– because man goes to his eternal home, and the mourners go about in the streets–
  • Job 7:9-9 : 9 As a cloud is dispersed and then disappears, so the one who goes down to the grave does not come up again. 10 He returns no more to his house, nor does his place of residence know him any more.
  • Job 14:5 : 5 Since man’s days are determined, the number of his months is under your control; you have set his limit and he cannot pass it.

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