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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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plead.
Job 9:34‑35• 34Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his terror make me afraid,
35Then I will speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.
(Job 9:34‑35)
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Job 13:3,22• 3But I will speak to the Almighty, and will find pleasure in reasoning with *God;
22Then call, and I will answer; or I will speak, and answer thou me.
(Job 13:3,22)
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Job 23:3‑7• 3Oh that I knew where I might find him, that I might come to his seat!
4I would order the cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments;
5I would know the words he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
6Would he plead against me with his great power? Nay; but he would give heed unto me.
7There would an upright man reason with him; and I should be delivered for ever from my judge.
(Job 23:3‑7)
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Job 31:35• 35Oh that I had one to hear me! Behold my signature: let the Almighty answer me! And let mine opponent write an accusation! (Job 31:35)
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Job 40:1‑5• 1And Jehovah answered Job and said,
2Shall he that will contend with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth +God, let him answer it.
3And Job answered Jehovah and said,
4Behold, I am nought: what shall I answer thee? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.
5Once have I spoken, and I will not answer; yea twice, but I will proceed no further.
(Job 40:1‑5)
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Eccl. 6:10• 10That which is hath already been named; and what man is, is known, and that he cannot 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 a potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that formeth it, What makest thou? Or thy work, He hath no hands? (Isa. 45:9)
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Rom. 9:20• 20Aye, but thou, O man, who art *thou* that answerest again to God? Shall the thing formed say to him that has formed it, Why hast thou made 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.