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Job 16:21-22
New International Version
Job 16:21-22
New International Version
21 on behalf of a man he pleads(A) with God
as one pleads for a friend.
22 “Only a few years will pass
before I take the path of no return.(B)
Job 16:21-22
King James Version
Job 16:21-22
King James Version
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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Job 16:21-22
New King James Version
Job 16:21-22
New King James Version
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.
Footnotes
- Job 16:21 friend
Job 16:21-22
English Standard Version
Job 16:21-22
English Standard Version
21 that he would (A)argue the case of a man with God,
as[a] a son of man does with his neighbor.
22 For when a few years have come
I shall go the way (B)from which I shall not return.
Footnotes
- Job 16:21 Hebrew and
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