Job 16:22

World English Bible (2000)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 14:10 : 10 But man dies, and is laid low. 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 warfare would I wait, until my release should come.
  • Eccl 12:5 : 5 yes, they shall be afraid of heights, and terrors will be in the way; and the almond tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goes to his everlasting 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 Sheol 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 is with you, and you have appointed his bounds that he can't pass;

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