Job 16:21
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- 53 E. Dhorme (Job, 240) alters this slightly to read “Would that” or “Ah! if only.”
- 54 This is the simple translation of the expression “son of man” in Job. But some commentators wish to change the word בֵּן (ben, “son”) to בֵּין (ben, “between”). It would then be “[as] between a man and [for] his friend.” Even though a few have this reading, it is to be rejected. But see J. Barr, “Some Notes on ‘ben’ in Classical Hebrew,” 23 (1978): 1–22.
- 55 The verb is supplied from the parallel clause.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
that he would argue the case of a man with God,
as a son of man does with his neighbor.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
on behalf of a man he pleads with God
as one pleads for a friend.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
I wish that someone might argue for a man with God
just as anyone would for a friend.
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NLTNew Living Translation
I need someone to mediate between God and me,
as a person mediates between friends.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
and it argues for a mortal with God,
and as a human for his friend.
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KJV 1900King James Version
O that one might plead for a man with God,
As a man pleadeth for his neighbour!
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