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Job 16:18–22

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18“O earth, do not cover my blood,

And let there be no resting place for my cry.

19“Even now, behold, amy witness is in heaven,

And my 1advocate is bon high.

20“My friends are my scoffers;

aMy eye 1weeps to God.

21“O that a man might plead with God

As a man with his neighbor!

22“For when a few years are past,

I shall go the way aof no return.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Or witness
  2. 1Or drips

Cross references

  1. aGen 31:50; Job 19:25–27; Rom 1:9; Phil 1:8; 1 Thess 2:5
  2. bJob 31:2
  3. aJob 17:7
  4. aJob 3:13

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“O earth, cover not my blood,

and let my cry find no resting place.

Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven,

and he who testifies for me is on high.

My friends scorn me;

my eye pours out tears to God,

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

as a son of man does with his neighbor.

For when a few years have come

I shall go the way from which I shall not return.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Earth, do not cover my blood;

may my cry never be laid to rest!

Even now my witness is in heaven;

my advocate is on high.

My intercessor is my friend

as my eyes pour out tears to God;

on behalf of a man he pleads with God

as one pleads for a friend.

“Only a few years will pass

before I take the path of no return.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Earth, do not cover my blood;

may my cry for help find no resting place.

Even now my witness is in heaven,

and my advocate is in the heights!

My friends scoff at me

as I weep before God.

I wish that someone might argue for a man with God

just as anyone would for a friend.

For only a few years will pass

before I go the way of no return.

NLTNew Living Translation

“O earth, do not conceal my blood.

Let it cry out on my behalf.

Even now my witness is in heaven.

My advocate is there on high.

My friends scorn me,

but I pour out my tears to God.

I need someone to mediate between God and me,

as a person mediates between friends.

For soon I must go down that road

from which I will never return.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“O earth, you should not cover my blood,

and let there be no place for my cry for help.

So now look, my witness is in the heavens,

and he who vouches for me is in the heights.

My friends scorn me;

my eye pours out tears to God,

and it argues for a mortal with God,

and as a human for his friend.

Indeed, after a few years have come,

then I will go the way from which I will not return.

KJV 1900King James Version

O earth, cover not thou my blood,

And let my cry have no place.

Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven,

And my record is on high.

My friends scorn me:

But mine eye poureth out tears unto God.

O that one might plead for a man with God,

As a man pleadeth for his neighbour!

When a few years are come,

Then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.