King James Version
Job 16:21 in the King James Version says “O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour ! neighbour: or, friend” — study this verse from Job chapter 16 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour ! neighbour: or, friend”
Job 16:21 · KJV
Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high. on high: Heb. in the high places
My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God. scorn me: Heb. are my scorners
O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour ! neighbour: or, friend
When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return. a few: Heb. years of number
KJV Study — Public Domain
“O that one might plead”
H3198to be right (i.e., correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict
adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then
“pleadeth for his neighbour”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
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