Job 16:20
Let my supplication come to the Lord, 1 And let mine eye weep before him. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.
In Context
19And now, behold, my witness is in heaven, 1 And my advocate is on high. 1
21Oh that a man might plead before the Lord, 1 Even as the son of man with his neighbor! 1
Cross References
2 Kings 20:3Lord, remember, I pray thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thine eyes. And Hezekiah wept with a great weeping.
Job 16:4I also will speak as ye do: 1 If indeed your soul were in my soul’s stead, 1 Then would I insult you with words, 1 And I would shake my head at you. 1
Job 23:3Who would then know that I might find him, 1 And come to an end of the matter? 1
Psalms 142:2And enter not into judgment with thy servant, 1 For in thy sight shall no man living be justified. 1
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 →