Then call, and I will answer; or let me speak, and do thou reply to me.
Job 16:21 - Revised Standard Version that he would maintain the right of a man with God, like that of a man with his neighbor. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 O that one might plead for a man with God, As a man pleadeth for his neighbour! Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Oh, that there might be one who would plead for a man with God and that he would maintain his right with Him, as a son of man pleads with or for his neighbor! [I Tim. 2:5.] American Standard Version (1901) That he would maintain the right of a man with God, And of a son of man with his neighbor! Common English Bible let him plead with God for a human being, like a person pleads for a friend. Catholic Public Domain Version My friends are full of words; my eye rains tears upon God. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version My friends are full of words: my eye poureth out tears to God. |
Then call, and I will answer; or let me speak, and do thou reply to me.
But I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to argue my case with God.
For when a few years have come I shall go the way whence I shall not return.
Oh, that I had one to hear me! (Here is my signature! let the Almighty answer me!) Oh, that I had the indictment written by my adversary!
Whatever has come to be has already been named, and it is known what man is, and that he is not able to dispute with one stronger than he.
“Woe to him who strives with his Maker, an earthen vessel with the potter! Does the clay say to him who fashions it, ‘What are you making?’ or ‘Your work has no handles’?
But who are you, a man, to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to its molder, “Why have you made me thus?”