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Job 16:21

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21I wish that someone might arbitrate

between a man and God q

just as a man pleads for his friend.

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Cross references

  1. q16:21 Jb 31:35; Ec 6:10; Is 45:9

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

that he would argue the case of a man with God,

as a son of man does with his neighbor.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

on behalf of a man he pleads with God

as one pleads for a friend.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I wish that someone might argue for a man with God

just as anyone would for a friend.

NLTNew Living Translation

I need someone to mediate between God and me,

as a person mediates between friends.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

and it argues for a mortal with God,

and as a human for his friend.

KJV 1900King James Version

O that one might plead for a man with God,

As a man pleadeth for his neighbour!