Job 16:21
And oh that a man might plead with God, as one son of earth with the other!
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Oh that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!
In Context
20Are my friends my defenders? unto God my eye poureth out [its tears].
22For when the numbered years are passed, then must I travel a path whence I cannot return.
Cross References
Job 9:34Let him but remove from me his rod, and let not his dread terrify me:
Job 13:22Then call thou, and I will answer; or let me speak, and do thou reply to me.
Job 31:35Oh who will bring me one that would hear me! behold, here is my plea; may the Almighty answer me; and any record which my opponent may have written,—
Ecclesiastes 6:10That which hath been is already called by its name, and it is known that he is a man: and he is not able to contend with him that is mightier 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 →