Job 16:20

20 "My friends are my scoffers; ¹My eye weeps to God.

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 "O earth, do not cover my blood, And let there be no resting place for my cry.

19 "Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven, And my advocate is on high.

20 "My friends are my scoffers; My eye weeps to God.

21 "O that a man might plead with God As a man with his neighbor!

22 "For when a few years are past, I shall go the way of no return.

Cross References

• 1. Job 17:7

Footnotes

• [a] Or "drips"