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Job 16:21

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21and it arguesp for a mortal with God,

and as a humanq for his friend.

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Footnotes

  1. pOr “but may someone argue”
  2. qLiterally “a son of man”

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.

KJV 1900King James Version

O that one might plead for a man with God,

As a man pleadeth for his neighbour!