Job 16:19

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Even now my witness is in heaven; my advocate is on high.

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Referenced Verses

  • Rom 1:9 : 9 For God, whom I serve in my spirit by preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness that I continually remember you
  • Rom 9:1 : 1 Israel’s Rejection Considered I am telling the truth in Christ(I am not lying!), for my conscience assures me in the Holy Spirit–
  • 2 Cor 1:23 : 23 Why Paul Postponed His Visit Now I appeal to God as my witness, that to spare you I did not come again to Corinth.
  • 2 Cor 11:31 : 31 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is blessed forever, knows I am not lying.
  • 1 Thess 2:5 : 5 For we never appeared with flattering speech, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed– God is our witness–
  • 1 Thess 2:10 : 10 You are witnesses, and so is God, as to how holy and righteous and blameless our conduct was toward you who believe.
  • Gen 31:50 : 50 If you mistreat my daughters or if you take wives besides my daughters, although no one else is with us, realize that God is witness to your actions.”
  • 1 Sam 12:5 : 5 He said to them,“The LORD is witness against you, and his chosen king is witness this day, that you have not found any reason to accuse me.” They said,“He is witness!”
  • Job 25:2 : 2 “Dominion and awesome might belong to God; he establishes peace in his heights.
  • Ps 113:5 : 5 Who can compare to the LORD our God, who sits on a high throne?

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    20My intercessor is my friend as my eyes pour out tears to God;

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  • Job 16:15-18
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    15I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and buried my horn in the dust;

    16my face is reddened because of weeping, and on my eyelids there is a deep darkness,

    17although there is no violence in my hands and my prayer is pure.

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  • Job 13:18-19
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    18See now, I have prepared my case; I know that I am right.

    19Who will contend with me? If anyone can, I will be silent and die.

  • Job 19:5-8
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    5If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me and plead my disgrace against me,

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  • Job 16:8-9
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    8You have seized me, and it has become a witness; my leanness has risen up against me and testifies against me.

    9His anger has torn me and persecuted me; he has gnashed at me with his teeth; my adversary locks his eyes on me.

  • Job 19:25-27
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    25As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and that as the last he will stand upon the earth.

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  • Job 9:19
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    19If it is a matter of strength, most certainly he is the strong one! And if it is a matter of justice, he will say,‘Who will summon me?’

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  • Job 13:15
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    15Even if he slays me, I will hope in him; I will surely defend my ways to his face!

  • Job 22:12
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    12“Is not God on high in heaven? And see the lofty stars, how high they are!

  • Job 23:7
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    7There an upright person could present his case before him, and I would be delivered forever from my judge.

  • Job 10:17
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    17You bring new witnesses against me, and increase your anger against me; relief troops come against me.

  • Job 19:13
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  • Job 29:11
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  • Job 30:19
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    19He has flung me into the mud, and I have come to resemble dust and ashes.

  • Job 17:2
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    2Surely mockery is with me; my eyes must dwell on their hostility.

  • Job 14:16
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  • Ps 69:19
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    19You know how I am insulted, humiliated and disgraced; you can see all my enemies.

  • Job 19:21
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    21Have pity on me, my friends, have pity on me, for the hand of God has struck me.

  • Job 33:10
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    10Yet God finds occasions with me; he regards me as his enemy!

  • Ps 39:12
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    12Hear my prayer, O LORD! Listen to my cry for help! Do not ignore my sobbing! For I am a foreign resident with you, a temporary settler, just as all my ancestors were.

  • Jer 11:20
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    10I hear many whispering words of intrigue against me. Those who would cause me terror are everywhere! They are saying,“Come on, let’s publicly denounce him!” All my so-called friends are just watching for something that would lead to my downfall. They say,“Perhaps he can be enticed into slipping up, so we can prevail over him and get our revenge on him.

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    8The one who vindicates me is close by. Who dares to argue with me? Let us confront each other! Who is my accuser? Let him challenge me!

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    3for while my spirit is still in me, and the breath from God is in my nostrils,

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