Job 16:20
My friends have me in derision, But my eye poureth out tears unto God.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.
In Context
19Yet even now, behold, my witness is in heaven, And he who knoweth me is on high.
21O that one might contend for a man with God, As a man contendeth with his neighbor!
Cross References
Job 16:4I also might speak like you, If ye were now in my place; I might string together words against you, And shake my head at you.
Job 23:3O that I knew where I might find him! That I might go before his throne!
Psalms 142:2I pour out my complaint before him; I declare before him my distress.
Luke 6:11But they were filled with madness, and conferred with one another as to what they should do to Jesus.
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 →