Job 16:20
And, he that voucheth for me is on high. My friends are, they who scorn me, Unto GOD, hath mine eye shed tears:—
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.
In Context
19Even now, lo! in the heavens, is my witness,
21That one might plead, for a man, with GOD,—Even a son of man, for his friend!
Cross References
2 Kings 20:3I beseech thee, O Yahweh, remember, I pray thee, how I have walked before thee, in truth, and with a whole heart, and, that which is good in thine eyes, have I done! And Hezekiah wept aloud.
Job 16:4I also, like you, could speak,—If your soul were in the place of my soul, I could string together words against you, and could therewith shake over you my head.
Job 23:3Oh that I knew where I might find him! I would come even unto his dwelling-place;
Psalms 142:2I pour out before him my complaint, My distress—before him, I tell.
Luke 6:11But, they, were filled with folly, and began conversing one with another, as to, what they might do with 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 →