Job 16:21
Oh that a man might plead before the Lord, even as the son of man with his neighbour!
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Oh that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!
In Context
20Let my supplication come to the Lord, and let mine eye weep before him.
22But my years are numbered and their end come, and I shall go by the way by which I shall not return.
Cross References
Job 9:34Let him remove his rod from me, and let not his fear terrify me:
Job 13:22Then shalt thou call, and I will hearken to thee: or thou shalt speak, and I will give thee an answer.
Job 31:35(Oh that I had a hearer,) and if I had not feared the hand of the Lord; and as to the written charge which I had against any one,
Ecclesiastes 6:10If anything has been, its name has already been called: and it is known what man is; neither can he contend with him who is stronger than he.
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 →