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20 My friends scorn me;
    my eyes pour out tears unto God.
21 Oh, that one might plead for a man with God,
    as a man pleads for his neighbor!

22 “For when a few years have passed,
    I will go the way from which I will not return.

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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