King James Version
Job 16:22 in the King James Version says “When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return. a few: Heb. years of number” — study this verse from Job chapter 16 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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
My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God. scorn me: Heb. are my scorners
O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour ! neighbour: or, friend
When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return. a few: Heb. years of number
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“When a few”
H4557a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“whence I shall not return”
H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
“then I shall go”
H1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
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