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20 My friends scorn me;
    my eye pours out tears to God,
21 that he would maintain the right of a mortal with God,
    as[a] one does for a neighbor.
22 For when a few years have come,
    I shall go the way from which I shall not return.

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  1. Job 16:21 Syr Vg Tg: Heb and

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