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Job 16:22 Cross-References
Explore 5 cross-references for Job 16:22 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 16 verse 22 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return. a few: Heb. years of number”
Job 16:22 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 16:22
'When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.' Job contemplates death's approach: 'a few years' (שְׁנוֹת מִסְפָּר, shenot mispar—numbered years), then 'the way whence I shall not return' (וְאֹרַח לֹא־אָשׁוּב, ve'orach lo-ashuv). This echoes Ecclesiastes 12:5 and Psalm 39:13. Death appears as a one-way journey (from Job's earthly perspective). Yet even here, facing apparent finality, Job addresses God, seeks vindication (previous verses), and maintains prayer. Mortality awareness should drive us to God, not away from Him. The Reformed emphasis on memento mori (r...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 16:22
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“and is laid low. Yes”
“the number of his months is with you”
“so he who goes down to Sheol shall come up no more.”
“shall he live again? All the days of my warfare would I wait”
“they shall be afraid of heights”