Job 16:21

Easy To Read Version

He speaks to God for me\par like a person {\cf2\super [31]} arguing for his friend.\par

Cross References

Job 13:22

Then call to me and I will answer you.\par Or let me speak, and you answer me.\par

Job 13:3

But I don’t want to argue with you. I want to speak to God All-Powerful. I want to argue with God about my troubles.

Job 16:20

My friend speaks for me\par while my eyes pour out tears to God.\par

Job 16:22

“In only a few years I will go to that\par place of no return (death).\par

Job 31:35

“Oh, I wish someone would listen to me!\par Let me explain my side.\par I wish God All-Powerful\par would answer me.\par I wish he would write down\par what he thinks I did wrong.\par

Isaiah 45:9

“Look at these people! They are arguing with the One who made them. Look at them argue with me! They are like pieces of clay from a broken pot. A man uses soft, wet clay to make a pot. And the clay does not ask, ‘Man, what are you doing?’ Things that are made don’t have the power to question the one who makes them. \{People are like this clay.\}

Romans 9:20

\{Don’t ask that.\} You are only people. And people have no right to question God. A clay jar does not question the man that made it. The jar does not say, “Why did you make me like this?”