Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.
A few years
Whence
Bible References
A few years
Job 14:5
“Since his days are determined,
The number of his months is with You [in Your control],
And You have made his limits so he cannot pass [his allotted time].
“Since his days are determined,
The number of his months is with You [in Your control],
And You have made his limits so he cannot pass [his allotted time].
Whence
Job 7:9
“As a cloud vanishes and is gone,
So he who goes down to Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) does not come up.
“As a cloud vanishes and is gone,
So he who goes down to Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) does not come up.
Job 14:10
“But [the brave, strong] man must die and lie face down;
Man breathes his last, and where is he?
“But [the brave, strong] man must die and lie face down;
Man breathes his last, and where is he?
Ecclesiastes 12:5
Furthermore, they are afraid of a high place and of dangers on the road; the almond tree (hair) blossoms [white], and the grasshopper (a little thing) is a burden, and the caperberry (desire, appetite) fails. For man goes to his eternal home and the mourners go about the streets and market places.