Job 16:20
Strong's Lexicon
My friends
רֵעָ֑י (rê·‘āy)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7453: 1) friend, companion, fellow, another person 1a) friend, intimate 1b) fellow, fellow-citizen, another person (weaker sense) 1c) other, another (reciprocal phrase)

are my scoffers
מְלִיצַ֥י (mə·lî·ṣay)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3887: 1) to scorn, make mouths at, talk arrogantly 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to boast 1a2) to scorn 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to mock, deride 1b2) to interpret (language) 1b2a) interpreter (participle) 1b2b) ambassador (fig.) 1c) (Hithpalpel) to be inflated, scoff, act as a scorner, show oneself a mocker

as my eyes
עֵינִֽי׃ (‘ê·nî)
Noun - common singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5869: 1) eye 1a) eye 1a1) of physical eye 1a2) as showing mental qualities 1a3) of mental and spiritual faculties (fig.) 2) spring, fountain

pour out [tears]
דָּלְפָ֥ה (dā·lə·p̄āh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1811: 1) to drop, drip 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to leak 1a2) to weep (of tears)

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: 1) to, toward, unto (of motion) 2) into (limit is actually entered) 2a) in among 3) toward (of direction, not necessarily physical motion) 4) against (motion or direction of a hostile character) 5) in addition to, to 6) concerning, in regard to, in reference to, on account of 7) according to (rule or standard) 8) at, by, against (of one's presence) 9) in between, in within, to within, unto (idea of motion to)

God.
אֱ֝ל֗וֹהַ (’ĕ·lō·w·ha)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 433: 1) God 2) false god

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
My friends are my scoffers as my eyes pour out tears to God.

Young's Literal Translation
My interpreter [is] my friend, Unto God hath mine eye dropped:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
My friends scoff at me as I weep before  God.

New American Standard Bible
"My friends are my scoffers; My eye weeps to God.

King James Bible
My friends scorn me: [but] mine eye poureth out [tears] unto God.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
My intercessor is my friend as my eyes pour out tears to God;

New Living Translation
My friends scorn me, but I pour out my tears to God.

English Standard Version
My friends scorn me; my eye pours out tears to God,

New American Standard Bible
"My friends are my scoffers; My eye weeps to God.

King James Bible
My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
My friends scoff at me as I weep before God.

International Standard Version
My friends mock me, while my eyes overflow with tears to God,

NET Bible
My intercessor is my friend as my eyes pour out tears to God;

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

English Revised Version
My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God;

Young's Literal Translation
My interpreter is my friend, Unto God hath mine eye dropped:
















Cross References
Job 16:7
But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.

Job 16:16
My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;

Job 16:21
O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!

Job 17:7
Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.

Job 19:13
He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.

Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Job 16:19
Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high.

Job 16:18
O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.

Job 16:17
Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.

Job 16:22
When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.

Job 17:1
My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.
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