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Job 16:21
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Job 16:21
21O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!
21O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his ‖neighbour.
- Or, friend.
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DEFINED WORDS
Job 16:21
The number one; a single person or thing; the same or united as a whole.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Power or strength; also an auxiliary expressing possibility or permission.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
To discuss, defend and attempt to maintain by arguments or reasons offered to the tribunal or person who has the power of determining. In Scripture, to plead the cause of the righteous, as God, is to avenge or vindicate them against enemies, or to redress their grievances.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
A human being; an adult male; a person, husband, servant, or representative, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A deity or object of worship; when referring to the LORD, the one true God.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Open the full verse study10That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.
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Open the full verse study9Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?
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Open the full verse study20Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?
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Open the full verse study22Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.
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Open the full verse study3Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
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Open the full verse study3Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!
4I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
5I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
6Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.
7There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
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Open the full verse study35Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.
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Open the full verse study1MOREOVER the Lord answered Job, and said,
2Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
3¶ Then Job answered the Lord, and said,
4Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
5Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.
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Open the full verse study34Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:
35Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.
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