Job 16:21

KJV1611 – Modern English

Oh, that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleads for his neighbor!

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  • Job 31:35 : 35 Oh that one would hear me! Behold, my desire is that the Almighty would answer me, and that my adversary had written a book.
  • Job 40:1-5 : 1 Moreover, the LORD answered Job and said, 2 Shall he who contends with the Almighty instruct him? He who reproves God, let him answer it. 3 Then Job answered the LORD and said, 4 Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer you? I will lay my hand upon my mouth. 5 Once have I spoken, but I will not answer; yea, twice, but I will proceed no further.
  • Eccl 6:10 : 10 That which has been is already named, and it is known that it is man: nor can he contend with one mightier than he.
  • Isa 45:9 : 9 Woe to him who strives with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him who forms it, What are you making? or shall your work say, He has no hands?
  • Rom 9:20 : 20 But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Shall the thing formed say to Him who formed it, Why have you made me like this?
  • Job 9:34-35 : 34 Let Him take His rod away from me, and let not His fear terrify me: 35 Then I would speak and not fear Him; but it is not so with me.
  • Job 13:3 : 3 Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
  • Job 13:22 : 22 Then call, and I will answer, or let me speak, and you answer me.
  • Job 23:3-7 : 3 Oh, that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his seat! 4 I would present my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments. 5 I would know the words he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me. 6 Will he contend with me in his great power? No; but he would strengthen me. 7 There the righteous might dispute with him, so I would be delivered forever from my judge.

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    3Oh, that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his seat!

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    8I would seek to God, and to God I would commit my cause:

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