Job 16:20

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 12:4-5 : 4 I am a laughingstock to my friends, I, who called on God and whom he answered– a righteous and blameless man is a laughingstock! 5 For calamity, there is derision(according to the ideas of the fortunate)– a fate for those whose feet slip!
  • Job 16:4 : 4 I also could speak like you, if you were in my place; I could pile up words against you and I could shake my head at you.
  • Job 17:2 : 2 Surely mockery is with me; my eyes must dwell on their hostility.
  • Ps 109:4 : 4 They repay my love with accusations, but I continue to pray.
  • Ps 142:2 : 2 I pour out my lament before him; I tell him about my troubles.
  • Hos 12:4-5 : 4 He struggled with an angel and prevailed; he wept and begged for his favor. He found God at Bethel, and there he spoke with him! 5 As for the LORD God Almighty, the LORD is the name by which he is remembered!
  • Luke 6:11-12 : 11 But they were filled with mindless rage and began debating with one another what they would do to Jesus. 12 Choosing the Twelve Apostles Now it was during this time that Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, and he spent all night in prayer to God.
  • Heb 5:7 : 7 During his earthly life Christ offered both requests and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death and he was heard because of his devotion.

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