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Job 16:21 — King James Version← Study notes

O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!


Job 16:21Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 16:217 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/יוֹכַ֣חwəywōkaḥ
and he may argueconjH3198
argue · chasten · convince · correct ···
לְ/גֶ֣בֶרləgeber
for a manpronH1397
man · mighty
עִםʿim
withpronH5973
against · and · as · before ···
אֱל֑וֹהַּʾĕlwōha
GodnounH433
god. See
וּֽ/בֶןwben
and a child ofconjH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
אָדָ֥םʾādām
humankindnounH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
לְ/רֵעֵֽ/הוּlərēʿēhw
for companion hispronH7453
companion · fellow · friend · husband ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Job 16:21

Oh! that a man were so judged with God, as a son of man is judged with his fellow! We acknowledge indeed always that we are sinners, yet often, when laid under the rod, we do not know for what sin in particular we are stricken, and we sift ourselves with minute examining, that if we might in any way be able we might trace out the cause of our being struck; and whereas this is for the most part hidden from us, our blindness becomes a load upon us, and we are the more pained…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 13 §29
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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