Job 16:21
That one might plead, for a man, with GOD,—Even a son of man, for his friend!
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Oh that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!
In Context
22When, a few years, come, then, by a path by which I shall not return, shall I depart.
Cross References
Job 9:34Let him take from off me his rod, and, his terror, let it not startle me:
Job 13:22Then call thou, and, I, will answer, Or I will speak, and reply thou unto me.
Job 31:35Oh that I had one to hear me, Lo! my crossmark, May, the Almighty, answer me! And would that, a book, mine opponent had written!
Ecclesiastes 6:10Whatsoever one may be, long ago, was he called by his name, and it is known that it is—Son of Earth,—he cannot, therefore, contend with one stronger than he.
Romans 9:20O man! Who, nevertheless, art, thou, that art answering again unto God? Shall the thing formed say unto him that formed it—Why didst thou make me thus?
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 →