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The Book of Job, Chapter 16, Verse 22

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O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man [pleadeth] for his neighbour!
King James Version
When a few years are come, then I shall go the way [whence] I shall not return.
American Standard Version
For when a few years are come, I shall go the way whence I shall not return.
New English Translation
For the years that lie ahead are few, and then I will go on the way of no return.
World English Bible
For when a few years are come, I shall go the way of no return.
1
My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves [are ready] for me.
2
[Are there] not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?
3
Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who [is] he [that] will strike hands with me?
4
For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt [them].
5
He that speaketh flattery to [his] friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
6
He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.
7
Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members [are] as a shadow.
8
Upright [men] shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.
9
The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
10
But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find [one] wise [man] among you.