Job 16:21
O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!
KJV
Verbosi amici mei : ad Deum stillat oculus meus :
Vulgate
ἀφίκοιτό μου ἡ δέησις πρὸς Κύριον, ἔναντι δὲ αὐτοῦ στάζοι μου ὁ ὀφθαλμός.
LXX
That he would maintain the right of a man with God, And of a son of man with his neighbor!
ASV
וְ/יוֹכַ֣ח לְ/גֶ֣בֶר עִם אֱל֑וֹהַּ וּֽ/בֶן אָדָ֥ם לְ/רֵעֵֽ/הוּ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֱל֣וֹהַּ
'lvh
noun · 60×
אָדָ֖ם
'dm
noun · 545×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
גֶ֣בֶר
gbr
noun · 65×
הוּ
hv
noun · 186×
מוֹכִ֑יחַ
mvkych
verb · 59×
עִם
'm
preposition · 1043×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Eccl 6:10 — That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.
- Exod 33:11 — And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacl
- Isa 43:26 — Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.
- Isa 45:9 — Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?
- Jas 2:23 — And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.
- Job 9:34 — Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:
- Job 13:3 — Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
- Job 13:15 — Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
- Job 13:18 — Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified.
- Job 13:22 — Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.
- Job 22:4 — Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?
- Job 23:3 — Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!
- Job 23:3 — Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!
- Job 31:35 — Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.
- Job 34:23 — For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.
- Job 40:1 — Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said,
- Job 40:4 — Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
- Rom 9:20 — Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?