Job 16:19
17 Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.
18 O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.
Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high.
20 My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.
21 O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Even now my witness is in heaven, and my advocate is on high.
- KJV
- Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high.
- WEB
- Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven. He who vouches for me is on high.
- ASV
- Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven, And he that voucheth for me is on high.
- DARBY
- Even now, behold, my Witness is in the heavens, and he that voucheth for me is in the heights.
- BLB
- Even now, behold! My testimony [is] in the heavens, and my witness [is] in the heights.
- ÅB
- Selv nå har jeg mitt vitne i himmelen og i det høye en som kan stadfeste mine ord.
- OTB
- Likevel, mitt vitne er i himmelen;
min talsmann bor i det høye. - B1930
- Selv nu har jeg mitt vidne i himmelen og i det høie en som kan stadfeste mine ord.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Romans 1:9
For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;
Read in contextGenesis 31:50
If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee.
Read in context1 Thessalonians 2:5
For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness:
Read in context1 Thessalonians 2:10
Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:
Read in contextRomans 9:1
I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,
Read in contextJob 25:2
Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high places.
Read in contextPsalms 113:5
Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high,
Read in context1 Samuel 12:5
And he said unto them, The LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. And they answered, He is witness.
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