Job 16:21 meaning and explanation

Oh, that a man might plead with God as he pleads with his neighbor!

Job 16:21, Berean Standard Bible

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Job is speaking to his three friends, who have insisted his suffering must be deserved. Worn down by their speeches, he turns toward God and voices a longing rather than a doctrine: for someone to plead a person's case before God the way a friend argues with a neighbor, on equal footing and without fear.

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