Job 16:20-21
Job 16:20-21 Amplified Bible (AMP)
“My friends are scoffers [who ridicule]; My eye pours out tears to God. “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 16:18-22 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 16:20-21 King James Version (KJV)
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!
Job 16:20-21 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
My friends are my scoffers; My eye weeps to God. O that a man might plead with God As a man with his neighbor!
Job 16:20-21 New Century Version (NCV)
The one who speaks for me is my friend. My eyes pour out tears to God. He begs God on behalf of a human as a person begs for his friend.
Job 16:20-21 American Standard Version (ASV)
My friends scoff at me: But mine eye poureth out tears unto God, That he would maintain the right of a man with God, And of a son of man with his neighbor!
Job 16:20-21 New International Version (NIV)
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.
Job 16:20-21 New King James Version (NKJV)
My friends scorn me; My eyes pour out tears to God. Oh, that one might plead for a man with God, As a man pleads for his neighbor!