Job 16:20
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“My friends are my scoffers as my eyes pour out tears to God.”
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BSBPD
“My friends are my scoffers as my eyes pour out tears to God.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“My friends scoff at me: But mine eye poureth out tears unto God,”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“My interpreter <FI>is<Fi> my friend, Unto God hath mine eye dropped:”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Job 16:20 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Kings 20:3“Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what was good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
- Job 12:4I am a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God, and He answered. The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.
- Job 16:4I could also speak like you if you were in my place; I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you.
- Job 17:2Surely mockers surround me, and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion.
- Job 23:3If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat.
- Psalms 109:4In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.
- Psalms 142:2I pour out my complaint before Him; I reveal my trouble to Him.
- Hosea 12:4Yes, he struggled with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought His favor; he found Him at Bethel and spoke with Him there—
- Luke 6:11But the scribes and Pharisees were filled with rage and began to discuss with one another what they might do to Jesus.
- Hebrews 5:7During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence.
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