Job 16:21
וְיוֹכַח לְגֶבֶר עִם ־ אֱלוֹהַּ וּֽבֶן ־ אָדָם לְרֵעֵֽהוּ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Oh that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!
In Context
20מְלִיצַי רֵעָי אֶל ־ אֱלוֹהַ דָּלְפָה עֵינִֽי ׃
22כִּֽי ־ שְׁנוֹת מִסְפָּר יֶאֱתָיוּ וְאֹרַח לֹא ־ אָשׁוּב אֶהֱלֹֽךְ ׃
Cross References
Job 9:34יָסֵר מֵעָלַי שִׁבְטוֹ וְאֵמָתוֹ אַֽל ־ תְּבַעֲתַֽנִּי ׃
Job 13:22וּקְרָא וְאָנֹכִי אֶֽעֱנֶה אֽוֹ ־ אֲדַבֵּר וַהֲשִׁיבֵֽנִי ׃
Job 31:35מִי יִתֶּן ־ לִי ׀ שֹׁמֵעַֽ לִי הֶן ־ תָּוִי שַׁדַּי יַעֲנֵנִי וְסֵפֶר כָּתַב אִישׁ רִיבִֽי ׃
Ecclesiastes 6:10מַה ־ שֶּֽׁהָיָה כְּבָר נִקְרָא שְׁמוֹ וְנוֹדָע אֲשֶׁר ־ הוּא אָדָם וְלֹא ־ יוּכַל לָדִין עִם שהתקיף מִמֶּֽנּוּ ׃
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 →