Job 16:21
Let my supplication come to the Lord, and let my eye weep before him.
LXX2012 (British)
In The King James Version
Oh that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!
In Context
20And now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my advocate is on high.
22Oh that a man might plead before the Lord, even as the son of man with his neighbour!
Cross References
Job 9:34Let him remove his rod from me, and let not his fear terrify me:
Job 13:22Then shall you call, and I will listen to you: or you shall speak, and I will give you 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 →