Job 16:17,21
Job 16:15-17 The Message (MSG)
“I sewed myself a shroud and wore it like a shirt; I lay facedown in the dirt. Now my face is blotched red from weeping; look at the dark shadows under my eyes, Even though I’ve never hurt a soul and my prayers are sincere!
Job 16:18-22 The Message (MSG)
“O Earth, don’t cover up the wrong done to me! Don’t muffle my cry! There must be Someone in heaven who knows the truth about me, in highest heaven, some Attorney who can clear my name— My Champion, my Friend, while I’m weeping my eyes out before God. I appeal to the One who represents mortals before God as a neighbor stands up for a neighbor. “Only a few years are left before I set out on the road of no return.”
Job 16:17 King James Version (KJV)
Not for any injustice in mine hands: Also my prayer is pure.
Job 16:21 King James Version (KJV)
O that one might plead for a man with God, As a man pleadeth for his neighbour!
Job 16:17 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Although there is no violence in my hands, And my prayer is pure.
Job 16:21 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
O that a man might plead with God As a man with his neighbor!
Job 16:17 New Century Version (NCV)
Yet my hands have never done anything cruel, and my prayer is pure.
Job 16:21 New Century Version (NCV)
He begs God on behalf of a human as a person begs for his friend.
Job 16:17 American Standard Version (ASV)
Although there is no violence in my hands, And my prayer is pure.
Job 16:21 American Standard Version (ASV)
That he would maintain the right of a man with God, And of a son of man with his neighbor!
Job 16:17 New International Version (NIV)
yet my hands have been free of violence and my prayer is pure.
Job 16:21 New International Version (NIV)
on behalf of a man he pleads with God as one pleads for a friend.
Job 16:17 New King James Version (NKJV)
Although no violence is in my hands, And my prayer is pure.
Job 16:21 New King James Version (NKJV)
Oh, that one might plead for a man with God, As a man pleads for his neighbor!
Job 16:17 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Although there is no violence or wrongdoing in my hands, And my prayer is pure.
Job 16:21 Amplified Bible (AMP)
“Oh, that a man would mediate and plead with God [for me] Just as a man [mediates and pleads] with his neighbor and friend. [1 Tim 2:5]
Job 16:17 New Living Translation (NLT)
Yet I have done no wrong, and my prayer is pure.
Job 16:21 New Living Translation (NLT)
I need someone to mediate between God and me, as a person mediates between friends.