Job 16:19
Even now my witness is in heaven, and the supporter of my cause is on high.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high.
In Context
18O earth, let not my blood be covered, and let my cry have no resting-place!
20My friends make sport of me; to God my eyes are weeping,
Cross References
Genesis 31:50If you are cruel to my daughters, or if you take other wives in addition to my daughters, then though no man is there to see, God will be the witness between us.
Job 25:2Rule and power are his; he makes peace in his high places.
Romans 1:9For God is my witness, whose servant I am in spirit in the good news of his Son, that you are at all times in my memory and in my prayers,
2 Corinthians 1:23But God is my witness that it was in pity for you that I did not come to Corinth at that time.
1 Thessalonians 2:5For it is common knowledge among you that we never made use of smooth-sounding false words, and God is witness that at no time were we secretly desiring profit for ourselves,
Matthew Henry on Job 16:18-22
Testimony of Conscience; Job's Comfort in Conscious Integrity. ( b. c. 1520.) 17 Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure. 18 O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place. 19 Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high. 20 My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God. 21 O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour! 22 When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return. Job's… Read the whole commentary →