Job 16:20

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Also now, behold, my witness [is] in heaven, and my record [is] on high.	My friends scorn me: [but] mine eye poureth out [tears] unto God.	O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man [pleadeth] for his neighbour!

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

My friends^H7453 scorn^H3887 me: but mine eye^H5869 poureth out^H1811 tears unto God^H433.

Original Hebrew

מְלִיצַי רֵעָי אֶל־אֱלֹוהַ דָּלְפָה עֵינִי׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
מְלִיצַ֥/י	me.li.Tza/i	H3887	HVhrmpc/Sp1cs	(are) scoffing at/ me
רֵעָ֑/י	re.'A/i	H7453	HNcmpc/Sp1cs	companions/ my
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	to
אֱ֝ל֗וֹהַ	'e.Lo.ha	H433	HNcmsa	God
דָּלְפָ֥ה	dal.Fah	H1811	HVqp3fs	it has wept
עֵינִֽ/י	'ei.N/i	H5869	HNcbsc/Sp1cs	eye/ my

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H433 — אֱלוֹהַּ (ʼĕlôwahh, el-o'-ah): rarely (shortened) אֱלֹהַּ; probably prolonged (emphatic) from אֵל; a deity or the Deity; God, god. See אֱלֹהִים.
H1811 — דָּלַף (dâlaph, daw-laf'): a primitive root; to drip; by implication, to weep; drop through, melt, pour out.
H3887 — לוּץ (lûwts, loots): a primitive root; properly, to make mouths at, i.e. to scoff; hence (from the effort to pronounce a foreign language) to interpret, or (generally) intercede; ambassador, have in derision, interpreter, make a mock, mocker, scorn(-er, -ful), teacher.
H5869 — עַיִן (ʻayin, ah'-yin): probably a primitive word; an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape); affliction, outward appearance, [phrase] before, [phrase] think best, colour, conceit, [phrase] be content, countenance, [phrase] displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, [phrase] favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), [idiom] him, [phrase] humble, knowledge, look, ([phrase] well), [idiom] me, open(-ly), [phrase] (not) please, presence, [phrase] regard, resemblance, sight, [idiom] thee, [idiom] them, [phrase] think, [idiom] us, well, [idiom] you(-rselves).
H7453 — רֵעַ (rêaʻ, ray'-ah): or רֵיעַ; from רָעָה; an associate (more or less close); brother, companion, fellow, friend, husband, lover, neighbour, [idiom] (an-) other.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

poureth — Psalms 109:4, Psalms 142:2, Hosea 12:4-5, Luke 6:11-12, Hebrews 5:7
scorn me — Job 12:4-5, Job 16:4, Job 17:2

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