18 Earth, do not cover my blood;
may my cry for help find no resting place.(A)
19 Even now my witness is in heaven,
and my advocate is in the heights!(B)
20 My friends scoff at me
as I weep before God.
21 I wish that someone might argue for a man with God(C)
just as anyone[a] would for a friend.

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  1. 16:21 Lit a son of man

18 “O earth, (A)cover not my blood,
    and let my (B)cry find no resting place.
19 Even now, behold, my (C)witness is in heaven,
    and he who testifies for me is (D)on high.
20 My friends (E)scorn me;
    my eye pours out tears to God,
21 that he would (F)argue the case of a man with God,
    as[a] a son of man does with his neighbor.

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  1. Job 16:21 Hebrew and