21That he would maintain the right of a man with God, And of a son of man with his neighbor!


In Context

18 O earth, cover not thou my blood, And let my cry have no resting -place.

19 Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven, And he that voucheth for me is on high.

20 My friends scoff at me: But mine eye poureth out tears unto God,

21 That he would maintain the right of a man with God, And of a son of man with his neighbor!

22 For when a few years are come, I shall go the way whence I shall not return.

Job 16:21 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:21Oh that one might plead for a man with God, as a man [pleadeth] for his neighbour!

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

16:21on behalf of a man he pleads with God as a man pleads for his friend.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:21And O that a man might so be judged with God, as the son of man is judged with his companion!

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:21Oh that there were arbitration for a man with +God, as a son of man for his friend!

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:21That he would maintain the right of a man with God, and of a son of man with his neighbour!

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:21O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbor!

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:21that he would maintain the right of a man with God, of a son of man with his neighbor!

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:21And he reasoneth for a man with God, And a son of man for his friend.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:21O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleads for his neighbor!