Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
crying for him to arbitrate between this man and God; as a human being does with his fellow neighbor.
New American Standard Bible
As a man with his neighbor!
King James Version
O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!
Holman Bible
between a man and God
just as a man pleads for his friend.
A Conservative Version
that he would maintain the right of a man with God, and of a son of man with his neighbor!
American Standard Version
That he would maintain the right of a man with God, And of a son of man with his neighbor!
Amplified
“Oh, that a man would mediate and plead with God [for me]
Just as a man [mediates and pleads] with his neighbor and friend.
Bible in Basic English
So that he may give decision for a man in his cause with God, and between a son of man and his neighbour.
Darby Translation
Oh that there were arbitration for a man with +God, as a son of man for his friend!
Julia Smith Translation
Shall he judge for a man with God? and the son of man for his neighbor?
King James 2000
O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleads for his neighbor!
Lexham Expanded Bible
and it argues for a mortal with God, and [as] {a human} for his friend.
Modern King James verseion
Oh that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleads for his neighbor!
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Though a body might plead with God, as one man doth with another,
NET Bible
and he contends with God on behalf of man as a man pleads for his friend.
New Heart English Bible
that he would maintain the right of a man with God, of a son of man with his neighbor.
The Emphasized Bible
That one might plead, for a man, with GOD, - Even a son of man, for his friend!
Webster
O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbor!
World English Bible
that he would maintain the right of a man with God, of a son of man with his neighbor!
Youngs Literal Translation
And he reasoneth for a man with God, And a son of man for his friend.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 16:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Everything Was Going Well
20 My friends mock me, while my eyes overflow with tears to God, 21 crying for him to arbitrate between this man and God; as a human being does with his fellow neighbor. 22 For when only a few years have elapsed, I'll start down a path from which I'll never return."
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Cross References
Job 31:35
"Who will grant me a hearing? Here's my signature let the Almighty answer! Since my adversary indicted me,
Job 9:34-35
removing his rod from me, and not letting terror of him overwhelm me.
Job 13:3
But I want to talk to the Almighty; and I'm determined to argue my case before God."
Job 13:22
Then call and I'll answer, or let me speak and then you reply to me!"
Job 23:3-7
If only I knew where to find him, I would visit him where he has taken his seat.
Job 40:1-5
The LORD continued his response to Job by saying:
Ecclesiastes 6:10
Whatever exists has been named already; people know what it means to be human and a person cannot defeat one who is more powerful than he.
Isaiah 45:9
"Woe to the one who quarrels with his makers, a mere potsherd with the potsherds of the earth! Woe to the one who says to the one forming him, "What are you making?' or "Your work has no human hands?'!
Romans 9:20
On the contrary, who are you mere man that you are to talk back to God? Can an object that was molded say to the one who molded it, "Why did you make me like this?"