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


In Context

18 "O earth, do not cover my blood; may my cry never be laid to rest!

19 Even now my witness is in heaven; my advocate is on high.

20 My intercessor is my friend as my eyes pour out tears to God;

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

22 "Only a few years will pass before I go on the journey of no 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 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 American Standard 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 neighbor!

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!