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 arbitrate
between a man and God(C)
just as a man pleads for his friend.

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Job Appeals to Witnesses

18 “Listen, earth! Don’t cover my blood,
    for my outcry has no place to rest.
19 Even now, behold! I have a witness in heaven,
    my Advocate is on high.
20 My friends mock me,
    while my eyes overflow with tears to God,
21 crying for him to arbitrate between this[a] man and God;
    as a human being does with his fellow neighbor.

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Notas al pie

  1. Job 16:21 The Heb. lacks this