22 For when only a few years are past I will go the way of no return.
Job 16:22
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Job 10:20–22
20 Are my days not few? Withdraw from me, that I may have a little comfort, 21 before I go—never to return— to a land of darkness and gloom, 22 to a land of utter darkness, of deep shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”
Isaiah 38:9–11
9 This is a writing by Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and recovery: 10 I said, “In the prime of my life I must go through the gates of Sheol and be deprived of the remainder of my years.” 11 I said, “I will never again see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land…
Job 7:6–8
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Job 30:22–24
22 You snatch me up into the wind and drive me before it; You toss me about in the storm. 23 Yes, I know that You will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living. 24 Yet no one stretches out his hand to a ruined man when he cries for help in his d…
Psalms 39:12–13
12 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. For I am a foreigner dwelling with You, a stranger like all my fathers. 13 Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may again be cheered before I depart and am no more.”
Testament of Zebulun 2:38–40
38 But upon the ungodly shall the Lord bring eternal fire, and destroy them throughout all generations. (T12) 39 But I am now hastening away to my rest, as did also my fathers. (T12) 40 But do ye fear the Lord our God with all your strength all the days of your life. (T12)
Job 29:17–19
17 I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth. 18 So I thought: ‘I will die in my nest and multiply my days as the sand. 19 My roots will spread out to the waters, and the dew will rest nightly on my branches.
2 Baruch 48:11–13
11 Hear Thy servant And give ear to my petition. (2BA) 12 For in a little time are we born, And in a little time do we return. (2BA) 13 But with Thee hours are as a time, And days as generations. (2BA)
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