Job 16:22 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 16:17-22

Job's condition was very deplorable; but had he nothing to support him, nothing to comfort him? Yes, and he here tells us what it was. I. He had the testimony of his conscience for him that he had walked uprightly, and had never allowed himself in any gross sin. None was ever more ready than he to acknowledge his sins of infirmity; but, upon search, he could not charge himself with any enormous crime, for which he should be made more miserable than other men, Job 16:17. 1. He had kept a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 16:22

When a few years are come ,.... As the years of man's life are but few at most, and Job's years, which were yet to come, still fewer in his apprehension; or "years of number" F13 שנות מספר "anni numeri", Montanus, Vatablus, Bolducius; "numbered days", Broughton; so Tigurine version. , that are numbered by God, fixed and determined by him, Job 14:5 ; or being few are easily numbered: then I shall go the way whence I shall not return ; that is, go the way of all flesh, a long... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 16:22

When a few years are come - I prefer Mr. Good's version: - "But the years numbered to me are come. And I must go the way whence I shall not return." Job could not, in his present circumstances, expect a few years of longer life; from his own conviction he was expecting death every hour. The next verse, the first of the following chapter, should come in here: My breath is corrupt, etc. - He felt himself as in the arms of death: he saw the grave as already digged which was to receive... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 16:1-22

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 16:1-22

Deep dejection and irrepressible hope. In this reply Job refuses to make a direct rejoinder to the attack upon him; he is too utterly bowed down in his weakness. But— I. The first part of his speech consists of A BITTER SARCASM UPON THE IDLE TALK OF HIS FRIENDS . (Verses 1-5.) Their speeches are useless. They mean to comfort ( Job 15:11 ); but their reasonings produce an opposite effect on his mind. They should cease; there must he something ailing those who are thus... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 16:18-22

Job to God: 2. An appeal to God against God. I. A SUBLIME INVOCATION . "O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place!" (verse 18). 1 . The explanation of the language. The allusion seems to be to Genesis 4:10 , where the blood of Abel is represented as crying to God from the ground for vengeance upon its destroyer; and Job, in the lofty consciousness of his innocence, while momentarily anticipating death, calls upon the earth not to drink up his blood, but... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 16:22

When a few years are come ; literally, a number of years , which generally means a small number. I shall go the way whence I shall not return . This verse would more fitly begin the following chapter, which opens in a similar strain, with an anticipation of the near approach of death read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 16:22

When a few years are come - Margin “years of number;” that is, numbered years, or a few years. The same idea is expressed in Job 7:21; see the notes at that place. The idea is, that he must soon die. He desired, therefore, before he went down to the grave, to carry his cause before God, and to have, as he did not doubt he should have, the divine attestation in his favor; compare the notes at Job 19:25-27. Now he was overwhelmed with calamities and reproaches, and was about to die in this... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 16:22

Job 16:22 . When a few years are come The number of years which is determined and appointed to me; then I shall go the way whence I shall not return Namely, to the state and place of the dead, whence men cannot return to this life. The meaning is, my death hastens, and therefore I earnestly desire that the cause depending between me and my friends may be determined, that if I be guilty of these things, I may bear the shame of it before all men; and, if I be innocent, that I may see my own... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Job 16:1-22

Job’s reply to Eliphaz (16:1-17:16)Tired at this repetition of the friends’ unhelpful teaching, Job says he could give similar ‘comfort’ if he were in their position and they in his (16:1-5). His argument with God may not have brought relief from his pain, but neither has his silence. In fact, his physical condition only becomes worse (6-8). God opposes him and people insult him. Some deliberately try to do him harm (9-11). He feels like a helpless victim that wild animals attack, like a target... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 16:17-22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 16:22

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 16:22

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 16:1-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 16:1-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 16:18-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 16:22

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 16:22

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 16:22

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Job 16:1-22

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