Job 16:20

In 11 translations

BSB

My friends are my scoffers as my eyes pour out tears to God.

KJV

My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.scorn me: Heb. are my scorners

WEB

My friends scoff at me. My eyes pour out tears to God,

ASV

My friends scoff at me: But mine eye poureth out tears unto God,

LSV

My interpreter [is] my friend, || My eye has dropped to God;

YLT

My interpreter [is] my friend, Unto God hath mine eye dropped:

DBY

My friends are my mockers; mine eye poureth out tears unto God.Eloah

DRC16:21

My friends are full of words: my eye poureth out tears to God.

GNV

My friends speake eloquently against me: but mine eye powreth out teares vnto God.

JPS

Mine inward thoughts are my intercessors, mine eye poureth out tears unto God;

LXXE

Let my supplication come to the Lord, and let mine eye weep before him.

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WLC

מְלִיצַ֥י רֵעָ֑י אֶל־אֱ֝ל֗וֹהַ דָּלְפָ֥ה עֵינִֽי׃

LXX-Br

Ἀφίκοιτό μου ἡ δέησις πρὸς Κύριον, ἔναντι δὲ αὐτοῦ στάζοι μου ὁ ὀφθαλμός.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Hebrews 5:7During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence.
• Psalms 142:2I pour out my complaint before Him; I reveal my trouble to Him.
• Job 16:4I could also speak like you if you were in my place; I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you.
• Psalms 109:4In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.
• Luke 6:11–12But the scribes and Pharisees were filled with rage and began to discuss with one another what they might do to Jesus. In those days Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, and He spent the night in prayer to God.
• Job 17:2Surely mockers surround me, and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion.
• Job 12:4–5I am a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God, and He answered. The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock. The one at ease scorns misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.
• Hosea 12:4–5Yes, he struggled with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought His favor; he found Him at Bethel and spoke with Him there — the LORD is the God of Hosts— the LORD is His name of renown.

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