Job 16:21
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Oh, that a man might plead with God as he pleads with his neighbor!”
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BSBPD
“Oh, that a man might plead with God as he pleads with his neighbor!”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“That he would maintain the right of a man with God, And of a son of man with his neighbor!”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“And he reasoneth for a man with God, And a son of man for his friend.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Job 16:21 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 9:34Let Him remove His rod from me, so that His terror will no longer frighten me.
- Job 13:3Yet I desire to speak to the Almighty and argue my case before God.
- Job 13:22Then call me, and I will answer, or let me speak, and You can reply.
- Job 23:3If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat.
- Job 31:35(Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my signature. Let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser compose an indictment.
- Job 40:1And the LORD said to Job:
- Ecclesiastes 6:10Whatever exists was named long ago, and what happens to a man is foreknown; but he cannot contend with one stronger than he.
- Isaiah 45:9Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker— one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘He has no hands’?
- Romans 9:20But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?”
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