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 16:21 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 16:217 words

HebrewMeaning

וְ/יוֹכַ֣חwəywōkaḥ

appointconjH3198

argue · chasten · convince · correct ···

לְ/גֶ֣בֶרləgeber

every onepronH1397

man · mighty

עִםʿim

accompanyingpronH5973

against · and · as · before ···

אֱל֑וֹהַּʾĕlwōha

GodnounH433

god. See

וּֽ/בֶןwben

sonconjH1121

afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···

אָדָ֥םʾādām

man (meannounH120

another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···

לְ/רֵעֵֽ/הוּlərēʿēhw

brotherpronH7453

companion · fellow · friend · husband ···

ℹWords 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.

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