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Job 16:21

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21O that one might hplead for a man with God,

As a man pleadeth for his ||neighbour!

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Footnotes

  1. hSee ch. 9:33 marg.
  2. ||Or, friend. As ver. 20.

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.