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20 ·The one who speaks for me is my friend [or My friends scorn me].
    My eyes pour out tears to God.
21 He ·begs God [negotiates/arbitrates with God] on behalf of a human
    as a person ·begs for [negotiates/arbitrates with] his friend.
22 “Only a few years will pass
    before I go on the journey of no return [C at his death].

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20 My intercessor(A) is my friend[a](B)
    as my eyes pour out(C) tears(D) to God;
21 on behalf of a man he pleads(E) with God
    as one pleads for a friend.

22 “Only a few years will pass
    before I take the path of no return.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 16:20 Or My friends treat me with scorn