Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
as I weep before God.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.
International Standard Version
My friends mock me, while my eyes overflow with tears to God,
A Conservative Version
My friends scoff at me. My eye pours out tears to God
American Standard Version
My friends scoff at me: But mine eye poureth out tears unto God,
Amplified
“My friends are scoffers [who ridicule];
My eye pours out tears to God.
Bible in Basic English
My friends make sport of me; to God my eyes are weeping,
Darby Translation
My friends are my mockers; mine eye poureth out tears unto +God.
Julia Smith Translation
My friends mocking me: to God mine eye wept.
King James 2000
My friends scorn me: but my eye pours out tears unto God.
Lexham Expanded Bible
My friends scorn me; my eye pours out tears to God,
Modern King James verseion
My friends scorn me; my eye pours out tears to God.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
My friends laugh me to scorn, but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.
NET Bible
My intercessor is my friend as my eyes pour out tears to God;
New Heart English Bible
My friends scoff at me. My eyes pour out tears to God,
The Emphasized Bible
And, he that voucheth for me is on high. My friends are, they who scorn me, Unto GOD, hath mine eye shed tears: -
Webster
My friends scorn me: but my eye poureth out tears to God.
World English Bible
My friends scoff at me. My eyes pour out tears to God,
Youngs Literal Translation
My interpreter is my friend, Unto God hath mine eye dropped:
Interlinear
Luwts
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 16:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
Everything Was Going Well
19
and my advocate is in the heights!
as I weep before God.
between a man and God
just as a man pleads for his friend.
Names
Cross References
Job 12:4-5
by calling on God, who answers me.
The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.
Job 16:4
I could string words together against you
and shake my head at you.
Job 17:2
and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion.
Psalm 109:4
but I continue to pray.
Psalm 142:2
I reveal my trouble to Him.
Hosea 12:4-5
he wept and sought His favor.
He found him
and there He spoke with him.
Luke 6:11-12
They, however, were filled with rage and started discussing with one another what they might do to Jesus.
Hebrews 5:7
During His earthly life,