Job 16:20

20 And now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my advocate is on high.

Job 16:20 Meaning and Commentary

Job 16:20

My friends scorn me
Not that they scoffed at his afflictions and calamities, and at his diseases and disorders, that would have been very brutish and inhuman, but at his words, the arguments and reasons he made use of to defend himself with, see ( Job 12:4 ) ;

[but] mine eye poureth out [tears] unto God;
in great plenty, because of his very great sorrows and distresses, both inward and outward; and it was his mercy, that when his friends slighted and neglected him, yea, bore hard upon him, and mocked at him, that he had a God to go to, and pour out not only his tears, but all his complaints, and even his very soul unto him, from whom he might hope for relief; and what he said, when he did this, is as follows.

Job 16:20 In-Context

18 Yet there was no injustice in my hands, and my prayer is pure.

19 Earth, cover not over the blood of my flesh, and let my cry have no place.

20 And now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my advocate is on high.

21 Let my supplication come to the Lord, and let mine eye weep before him.

22 Oh that a man might plead before the Lord, even the son of man with his neighbor!