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Job 16

Job 16:21 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Oh that one might plead
yakach (Hebrew #3198)
to be right (i.e. correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict
KJV usage: appoint, argue, chasten, convince, correct(-ion), daysman, dispute, judge, maintain, plead, reason (together), rebuke, reprove(-r), surely, in any wise.
Pronounce: yaw-kahh'
Origin: a primitive root
for a man
geber (Hebrew #1397)
properly, a valiant man or warrior; generally, a person simply
KJV usage: every one, man, X mighty.
Pronounce: gheh'-ber
Origin: from 1396
with God
'elowahh (Hebrew #433)
a deity or the Deity
KJV usage: God, god. See 430.
Pronounce: el-o'-ah;
Origin: probably prolonged (emphat.) from 410
, as a man
'adam (Hebrew #120)
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
KJV usage: X another, + hypocrite, + common sort, X low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
Pronounce: aw-dawm'
Origin: from 119
pleadeth for his μneighbor
rea` (Hebrew #7453)
from 7462; an associate (more or less close)
KJV usage: brother, companion, fellow, friend, husband, lover, neighbour, X (an-)other.
Pronounce: ray'-ah
Origin: or reya2 {ray'-ah}
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
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Rom. 9:20• 20Nay rather, O man, who art thou that answerest against God? Shall the thing moulded say to him that moulded, Why madest thou me thus? (Rom. 9:20)
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or, friend.

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Ministry on This Verse

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Job 9:34‑35• 34Let him take his rod from off me,{HR}And let not his terror frighten me;
 35I would speak, and not fear him,{HR}But not thus I with myself. (Job 9:34‑35)
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Job 13:3,22• 3But I will speak to the Almighty,{HR}And I desire to plead with God;
 22Then call thou, and I will answer,{HR}Or let me speak, and answer thou me. (Job 13:3,22)
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Job 23:3‑7• 3O that I knew where to find him!{HR}I would come unto his chair of state,
 4I would draw up the cause before him,{HR}And would fill my mouth with arguments;
 5I would know the words he would answer me,{HR}And understand what he would say to me.
 6Would he contend with me by main strength?{HR}Nay, but he would give heed to me.
 7There would a righteous one be pleading with him,{HR}And I should be forever quit of my judge. (Job 23:3‑7)
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Job 31:35• 35O that One would hear me! Lo, my sign.{HR}Let Shaddai answer me,{HR}And mine adversary with the charge: (Job 31:35)
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Job 40:1‑5• 1And Jehovah answered Job, and said,
 2Is the censurer to correct with the Almighty?{HR}The reprover of God, let him answer it.
 3And Job answered Jehovah, and said,
 4Lo! I am vile: what shall I answer thee?{HR}I have laid my hand on my mouth;
 5Once have I spoken, but I will not reply,{HR}Yea, twice, but I will add no more. (Job 40:1‑5)
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Eccl. 6:10• 10Whatsoever hath been, the name thereof was given long ago,{HR}And it is known that it is man:{HR}Neither can he contend with him that is mightier than he. (Eccl. 6:10)
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Isa. 45:9• 9Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! [Let] the potsherd [strive] with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands? (Isa. 45:9)
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Rom. 9:20• 20Nay rather, O man, who art thou that answerest against God? Shall the thing moulded say to him that moulded, Why madest thou me thus? (Rom. 9:20)
neighbour.
or, friend.
• He knows, not fully, for He has not yet seen, that there is One who pleads for him before God. What he longs for, we know that we have—One that pleads for us with God as a man pleads for his neighbor. We know a High Priest who is touched with the feeling of our infirmities, who “ever liveth to make intercession for us.” (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Oh that there were arbitrationd for a man with +God, as a son of man for his friend!

JND Translation Notes

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See ch. 9.33.

W. Kelly Translation

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That he would decide for the man with God,{HR}As a son of man for his friend;