20 My intercessor(A) is my friend[a](B)
    as my eyes pour out(C) tears(D) to God;
21 on behalf of a man he pleads(E) with God
    as one pleads for a friend.

22 “Only a few years will pass
    before I take the path of no return.(F)

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  1. Job 16:20 Or My friends treat me with scorn

20 My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.

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

22 When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.

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20 My friends scorn me;
My eyes pour out tears to God.
21 (A)Oh, that one might plead for a man with God,
As a man pleads for his [a]neighbor!
22 For when a few years are finished,
I shall (B)go the way of no return.

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  1. Job 16:21 friend