Job 16:22

“When a few years are come, etc.] 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” f666, that are numbered by God, fixed and determined by him, (<181405>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 journey; death itself is meant, which is a going out of this world into another, from whence there is no return to this again, to the same place, condition, circumstances, estate, and employment as now; otherwise there will be a resurrection from the dead, the bodies will rise out of the earth, and souls will be…”

“few--literally, "years of number," that is, few, opposed to numberless (Gen 34:30). Next: Job Chapter 17”

“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 condition. He did not wish to die thus. He wished that the reproaches might be wiped off, and that his character might be cleared up and made fair. He believed assuredly that if he could be permitted to…”

“Go - 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 integrity, and the credit of religion, (which suffers upon this occasion) vindicated. How very certainly, and how very shortly are we likewise to go this journey. Next: Job Chapter 17”

“a few years: Heb. years of number, Job 14:5, Job 14:14 whence: Job 7:9, Job 7:10, Job 14:10; Ecc 12:5 Next: Job Chapter 17”