Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 16:21
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21. one —rather, "He" (God). "Oh, that He would plead for a man (namely, me) against God." Job quaintly says, "God must support me against God; for He makes me to suffer, and He alone knows me to be innocent" [UMBREIT]. So God helped Jacob in wrestling against Himself (compare Job 23:6 ; Genesis 32:25 ). God in Jesus Christ does plead with God for man ( Romans 8:26 ; Romans 8:27 ). as a man —literally, "the Son of man." A prefiguring of the advocacy of Jesus Christ—a boon longed for by Job ( Romans 8:27- : ), though the spiritual pregnancy of his own words, designed for all ages, was but little understood by him ( Romans 8:27- : ). for his neighbour — Hebrew, "friend." Job himself ( Romans 8:27- : ) pleaded as intercessor for his "friends," though "his scorners" ( Romans 8:27- : ); so Jesus Christ the Son of man ( Romans 8:27- : ); "for friends " ( Romans 8:27- : ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-22" class="com-number"
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